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Innovation is crucial for the performance, success, and long-term survival of organizations. Despite its importance, studies on factors influencing the emergence of innovative work behavior remain inconsistent. This study, grounded in the interactionist perspective of creativity theory, explores the role of motivation to learn as a mediator and Hofstede's national culture dimension of power distance as a moderator in the relationship between transformational leadership and innovative work behavior. The study sampled 210 public sector employees in Indonesia using convenience sampling. Data were collected through an online self-report survey, employing the multifactor leadership questionnaire, the innovative work behavior scale, the motivation to learn scale, and the power distance scale. Analysis conducted using the PROCESS macro for SPSS version 26 revealed that motivation to learn fully mediates the relationship between transformational leadership and innovative work behavior. However, power distance does not moderate this relationship, either directly or through the motivation to learn. This is due to the fact that the desire to learn and innovate remains effective regardless of hierarchical differences. Thus, no matter how authority is structured within the organization, the crucial factor for fostering innovation is the motivation to learn.
Sugandi et al. (Sat,) studied this question.