Abstract

The purpose of this study is to verify the effect of the civil servant superior’s coaching leadership on the innovation behavior and cooperative behavior of organizational members of public institutions. And it examines the mediating roles of subordinates’ cognitive flexibility and belief of the colleague’s potential growth in the relationship between coaching leadership and subordinates’ innovative and cooperative behaviors. As a result of the study, first, it was confirmed that the coaching leadership of civil servant superior had a significant positive effect on the innovative and cooperative behaviors of subordinates. Second, it was verified that the superior’s coaching leadership had a positive effect on the cognitive flexibility of subordinates and the belief of the colleague’s potential growth. Third, it was confirmed that cognitive flexibility mediates between the superior’s coaching leadership and innovative behavior. Fourth, it was not significant that the belief of the colleague’s growth potential mediates between the superior’s coaching leadership and cooperative behavior.