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APA: Rustina, E., Mubarok, M., Mahyuni, E., Rusman, E., Edi, F., Slamet, B., Purnamasari, W & Ie, M. (2026). The influence of project leadership style, innovative work behavior, and openness to experience on employee performance. Journal of Project Management, 11(1), 273-286.
Chicago/Turabian: Rustina, E., Mubarok, M., Mahyuni, E., Rusman, E., Edi, F., Slamet, B., Purnamasari, W & Ie, M. 2026. "The influence of project leadership style, innovative work behavior, and openness to experience on employee performance." Journal of Project Management 11, no. 1 (2026): 273-286.
AMA: Rustina, E., Mubarok, M., Mahyuni, E., Rusman, E., Edi, F., Slamet, B., Purnamasari, W & Ie, M. The influence of project leadership style, innovative work behavior, and openness to experience on employee performance. Journal of Project Management. 2026;11(1):273-286.
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Xia, Z., Yu, H., & Yang, F. (2022). Benevolent leadership and team creative performance: creative self-efficacy and openness to experience. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 745991.
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Zuhdi, H., & Etikariena, A. (2022). Knowledge sharing behavior as mediating role on openness to experience and innovative work behavior. Annals of Human Resource Management Research, 2(1), 31-41.
Zuraik, A., Kelly, L., & Dyck, L. R. (2020). Individual innovative work behavior: Effects of personality, team leadership and climate in the us context. International Journal of Innovation Management, 24(05), 2050078.
Ahmed Iqbal, Z., Abid, G., Contreras, F., Hassan, Q., & Zafar, R. (2020). Ethical leadership and innovative work behavior: The mediating role of individual attributes. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity, 6(3), 68.
AlEssa, H. S., & Durugbo, C. M. (2022). Systematic review of innovative work behavior concepts and contributions. Management Review Quarterly, 72(4), 1171-1208.
Afsar, B., & Umrani, W. A. (2020). Transformational leadership and innovative work behavior: The role of motivation to learn, task complexity and innovation climate. European Journal of Innovation Management, 23(3), 402-428.
Bahru, H. G., Abebe, A. S., & Ayen, T. K. (2023). The effect of transformational leadership, teachers’ openness to experience and gender on innovative work behavior in higher education institutions. Bahir Dar Journal of Education, 23(1), 93-115.
Cox, R. F., Issa, R. R., & Ahrens, D. (2003). Management’s perception of key performance indicators for construction. Journal of construction engineering and management, 129(2), 142-151.
Chow, I. H. S. (2018). The mechanism underlying the empowering leadership-creativity relationship. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 39(2), 202-217.
Cunningham, J., Salomone, J., & Wielgus, N. (2015). Project management leadership style: A team member perspective. International Journal of Global Business, 8(2).45-56
Connelly, B. S., Ones, D. S., & Chernyshenko, O. S. (2014). Introducing the special section on openness to experience: Review of openness taxonomies, measurement, and nomological net. Journal of Personality Assessment, 96(1), 1-16.
Eyamba, E., & APAU, S. A. (2020). Effect of Transformational Leadership Style on Innovative Work Behavior of Employees. IOSR Journal of Business and Management (IOSR-JBM), 22(8), 28-38.
Farrukh, M., Meng, F., Raza, A., & Wu, Y. (2023). Innovative work behavior: the what, where, who, how and when. Personnel Review, 52(1), 74-98.
Graham, K. A., & Smith, R. S. (2023). When leaders are marketers: a duality perspective on the effect of openness to experience on marketing behaviors and the moderating role of bottom-line mentality. Current psychology, 42(11), 9537-9551.
George, J. M., & Zhou, J. (2001). When openness to experience and conscientiousness are related to creative behavior: an interactional approach. Journal of applied psychology, 86(3), 513.
Gusnadi, Y., & Hermawan, A. (2019). Designing employee performance monitoring dashboard using key performance indicator (KPI). bit-Tech, 2(2), 81-88.
Haider, S. A., Zubair, M., Tehseen, S., Iqbal, S., & Sohail, M. (2023). How does ambidextrous leadership promote innovation in project-based construction companies? Through mediating role of knowledge-sharing and moderating role of innovativeness. European Journal of Innovation Management, 26(1), 99-118.
Hildenbrand, K., Sacramento, C. A., & Binnewies, C. (2018). Transformational leadership and burnout: The role of thriving and followers’ openness to experience. Journal of occupational health psychology, 23(1), 31.
Hu, F., Lu, X. J., Wei, Z. Q., Peng, J., Liang, S., & Gao, Z. X. (2025). Employee strategic goal sight and strategic action: the moderating role of openness to experience. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1434575.
Jing, Z., Hou, Q., Zhang, Y., & Zhao, Y. (2022). The relationship between female leadership traits and employee innovation performance—The mediating role of knowledge sharing. Sustainability, 14(11), 6739.
Kousina, E., & Voudouris, I. (2023). The ambidextrous leadership‐innovative work behavior relationship in the public sector: The mediating role of psychological ownership. Public Administration Review, 83(6), 1478-1495.
Kiarie, M. A. W., Maru, L. C., & Cheruiyot, T. K. (2017). Leader personality traits and employee job satisfaction in the media sector, Kenya. The TQM Journal, 29(1), 133-146.
Khan, M. A., Ismail, F. B., Hussain, A., & Alghazali, B. (2020). The interplay of leadership styles, innovative work behavior, organizational culture, and organizational citizenship behavior. Sage Open, 10(1), 2158244019898264.
Liu, X., Huang, Y., Kim, J., & Na, S. (2023). How ethical leadership cultivates innovative work behaviors in employees? Psychological safety, work engagement and openness to experience. Sustainability, 15(4), 3452.
McCrae, R. R. (1993). Openness to experience as a basic dimension of personality. Imagination, Cognition and Personality, 13(1), 39-55.
Miller, L., & Miller, A. F. (2020). Innovative work behavior through high-quality leadership. International Journal of Innovation Science, 12(2), 219-236.
Rangus, K., & Černe, M. (2019). The impact of leadership influence tactics and employee openness toward others on innovation performance. R&D Management, 49(2), 168-179.
Saif, N., Goh, G. G. G., Rubin, A., Shaheen, I., & Murtaza, M. (2024). Influence of transformational leadership on innovative work behavior and task performance of individuals: The mediating role of knowledge sharing. Heliyon, 10(11).
Saleem, T., Shahab, H., & Irshad, M. (2023). High-performance work system and innovative work behavior: the mediating role of knowledge sharing and moderating role of inclusive leadership. International Journal of Business and Economic Affairs, 8(1), 43-59.
Sonmez Cakir, F., & Adiguzel, Z. (2019). Evaluation of open leadership and innovation orientation on employees and culture of the organization. Verslas: Teorijair praktika/Business: Theory and Practice, 20, 432-445.
Turner, J. R., & Müller, R. (2005). The project manager's leadership style as a success factor on projects: A literature review. Project management journal, 36(2), 49-61.
Vo, A. H., Nguyen, T. D., Le, Y. N., Cao, H. N. Q., Le, V. N. T., & Huynh, K. L. (2024). Is transformational leadership always good for innovation? The moderating effect of transformational leadership on the personality–innovativeness link through knowledge sharing. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 32(1), 131-152.
Yasmin, I., Yasmin, N. R., Din, A., Abbas, A., & Idrees, M. Y. (2024). Interplay of Ethical Leadership and Openness to Experience on Readiness for Change and Outcomes. Voyage Journal of Educational Studies, 4(1), 161-180.
Yesil, S., & Sozbilir, F. (2013). An empirical investigation into the impact of personality on individual innovation behavior in the workplace. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 81, 540-551.
Yusuf, M., Bernardianto, R. B., Satia, H. M. R., Nurhasanah, N., Irwani, I., Setyoko, P. I., & Saputra, A. S. (2023). Investigating the role transformational leadership, innovative work behavior, and team member exchange on public service organization performance. Journal of Law and Sustainable Development, 11(6), e868-e868.
Xia, Z., Yu, H., & Yang, F. (2022). Benevolent leadership and team creative performance: creative self-efficacy and openness to experience. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 745991.
Zhang, W., Xu, F., & Sun, B. (2020). Openness to experience, job characteristics, and employee creativity: An interactionist perspective. Social Behavior and Personality: An international journal, 48(4), 1-12.
Zuhdi, H., & Etikariena, A. (2022). Knowledge sharing behavior as mediating role on openness to experience and innovative work behavior. Annals of Human Resource Management Research, 2(1), 31-41.
Zuraik, A., Kelly, L., & Dyck, L. R. (2020). Individual innovative work behavior: Effects of personality, team leadership and climate in the us context. International Journal of Innovation Management, 24(05), 2050078.