Research Note: Don’t Worry, I’m With You: Can Visionary Leadership Release Neurotic Employees for More Perceived Innovative Interactions?

An analysis of 303 faculty members from six universities, two each from northern, central, and southern Taiwan , indicates that a manager’s visionary leadership moderates the link between employees who are neurotic and their perceived innovative interaction. As hypothesized, the findings reveal that managers who demonstrate visionary leadership can effectively improve neurotic employees’ perceived innovative interaction in the workplace, whereas without such visionary leadership, neurotic employees will perceive a reduction in innovative interaction in conjunction with increased anxiety.