Стили лидерства, организационная культура и личностные характеристики как факторы ориентации сотрудников на инновации в организацииThe leadership styles, organizational culture and personal characteristics as factors of employee innovation orientation

The thesis explores the relationship between leadership styles, organizational culture, personal characteristics (such as proactivity and self-efficacy), and employee innovation orientation in organizational context, aiming to find the best solution for modern innovation leadership. The focus is on employees, managers and founders of IT companies in Russia. An innovation leader is characterized by special personal characteristics (such as proactivity and innovation self-efficacy) that positively determine the style of innovation leadership at both stages of the innovation process: idea generation (exploration) and innovation implementation (exploitation). People-oriented leadership styles (such as transformational leadership and servant leadership) indirectly increase the innovation orientation of employees and the whole organization through self-efficacy and support for innovation in organizational culture. While the innovative culture is important for employees, it is not significant for innovation leaders at the management positions in the organization.