• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.437-450
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• 2015

This study was conducted to test mediating effects of emotional commitment between downward benevolence and team satisfaction & team innovative behavior. The data was collected from 125 teams out of 47 organizations that are located in Seoul and KyongGi in order to achieve research purpose. The results are as follows. First, downward benevolence was positively associated with team satisfaction and team innovative behavior. Second, emotional commitment was fully mediated with the relationships between downward benevolence and team satisfaction, and team innovative behavior respectively. The implications of current studies are follows. First, downward benevolence is one of the significant variables to improve team satisfaction and innovative behavior. Such results contribute to expanding research area of downward benevolence which accounts for Korean leadership style and Korean culture.