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The Effects of Integrative Leadership on the Enterprise Synergy Innovation Performance in a Supply Chain Cooperative Network

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  • Dapeng Zhang

    (School of Business Administration, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110169, China)

  • Xinbo Sun

    (School of Business Administration, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110169, China)

  • Yide Liu

    (School of Business, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macau 999078, China)

  • Shunyi Zhou

    (School of Business Administration, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110169, China)

  • Hongfeng Zhang

    (Management Board Office, Macao Polytechnic Institute, Macau 999078, China)

Abstract

Collaborative innovation in a supply chain cooperative network can improve the performance of the enterprise. However, how to achieve the sustainable and stable improvement of the enterprise synergy innovation in a supply chain cooperative network is a common topic of research. Based on a survey of 236 enterprises in 53 supply chain cooperative networks, this study found: (1) Integrative leadership has a positive impact on the enterprise synergy innovation performance in a supply chain cooperative network; (2) Knowledge integration and network relationship embeddedness play partial mediating roles between integrative leadership and the enterprise synergy innovation performance, respectively; (3) Knowledge integration and network relationship embeddedness play a sequenced mediating role between integrative leadership and the enterprise synergy innovation performance; (4) The partial mediation role of knowledge integration and network relationship embeddedness are of no significant difference; however, their single mediating roles are greater than that of the sequenced mediating role of knowledge integration and network relationship embeddedness. This paper further emphasizes the key role of the core organization leadership in a cooperative network and discusses its functional route, which is of great importance in developing the theory system of leadership and providing guidance for the cooperation of the supply chain.

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  • Dapeng Zhang & Xinbo Sun & Yide Liu & Shunyi Zhou & Hongfeng Zhang, 2018. "The Effects of Integrative Leadership on the Enterprise Synergy Innovation Performance in a Supply Chain Cooperative Network," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(7), pages 1-20, July.
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