THE INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENTIATED TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP ON INNOVATION PERFORMANCE: CASE OF CAVITE ECONOMIC ZONE IN THE PHILIPPINES

Abstract

It's common knowledge that various aspects of an organization's external environment affect its success. The fundamental objective of this research was to identify the Influence of differentiated transformational leadership on the innovation performance of employees in any given organization. In other words, the research sought to analyze to what extent would transformational leadership be demonstrated by managers in order to enhance the level of the creative production of their teams. The study did assess the effect of differentiated transformational leadership on innovative performance in order to know if its effect is linear or wavelike effect. The author designed and conducted an empirical research in order to investigate the impacts of differentiated transformational leadership on innovative performance using a sample study of 255 professionals as respondents.  The respondents were individuals working for companies located inside the Cavite Economic Zone, which is based in Rosario City, Cavite. The study has revealed that the performance of employees who are innovative is critical to the continuous survival and expansion of an organization. This research showed that there is a strong connection between innovation performance and both consistent transformational leadership and individual transformational leadership differences. The results of the study showed that differentiated transformational leadership has a wavelike effect on innovation performance. The findings of the study showed that the innovation performance is significantly affected by the waveform of both consistent and individual transformational leadership. In other words, there will be changes in the stimulatory and inhibitive effects of consistent transformational leadership and individual differences on the innovation performance of the employees. A number of explanatory variables for differentiated transformational leadership shed light on the impact of this style of leadership on innovation outcomes. The study finally adds new ideas to the subsequent discourse on transformational leadership that is based on differentiation.