Transformational Leadership and Occupational Self-Efficacy in Software Product Line Institutionalization

A software product line is a new development methodology for the specific needs and a prescribed way. The whole institutionalization of new development methodology involves a transformational leadership and individual self-efficacy to acquire new knowledge and to effectively initiate, launch, and manage SPLs. For this study data was collected from 352 employees in Korean companies through a survey method and uses SPSS 18.0 for hierarchical regression analysis. The results show that charisma, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and individualized consideration increase their occupational self-efficacy affecting the software product line performance of software developers positively in turn. This is the first study to show leadership type and clearly identify how this leadership type influences software product line performance through self-efficacy. The propositions that this study presents provide conceptual insights for managers who seek to leadership type which increases software product line performance.