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This study started with an ideas that a leader could have significant influences on its subordinates and their attitude and behaviors. Positive organizational behaviors could be formed by leader’s behaviors with intention to make employees move toward a direction an organization insisted. The specific purposes of this paper was to investigate the influences of intellectual stimulation on the in-role behavior and psychological well-being through intimacy and hope for work. Hope for work and intimacy were used as positive psychological state of employees which mediated the influence of intellectual stimulation on employee behaviors. Variables used for the study were selected considering the role of a leader in developing positive psychological states of employees. Hypotheses were constructed based on literatures in the areas of transformational leadership and positive organizational behavior. Following 10 hypotheses were constructed: H1: Intellectual stimulation will have positive influences on intimacy. H2: Intellectual stimulation will have positive influences on hope for work H3: Hope for work will have positive influences on psychological well-being. H4: Hope for work will have positive influences on in-role behavior. H5: Intimacy will have positive influences on psychological well-being. H6: Intimacy will have positive influences on in-role behavior. H7:Intellectual stimulation will have positive influences on psychological well-being through hope for work. H8:Intellectual stimulation will have positive influences on in-role behavior through hope for work. H9:Intellectual stimulation will have positive influences on psychological well-being through intimacy. H10: Intellectual stimulation will have positive influences on in-role behavior through intimacy. The date used for empirical analyses were collected by using a questionnaire which contained measurements with proven psychological properties. And the participants of the study were selected based on their own decision and were given specific guidelines about the study. The samples were collected in the telecommunication industry in Korea. Among 448 employees participated in the study, 367 employees were male and 81 were female. On the average, they have been working with their leader about 19.9 months when they answered a questionnaire. And the collected data were analyzed using SPSS. To test hypotheses, regression analyses and mediating regression analyses were used. The results of the were as followers: First, intellectual stimulation was found to have positive impact on hope for work, while it has significant positive impact on intimacy. Second, hope for work was found to have significant positive influences on in-role behavior and it showed significant positive influences on psychological well-being. Third, intimacy had significant positive impact on psychological well-being. Fourth, intellectual stimulation had significant indirect impact on in-role behavior and psychological well-being through hope for work, while they had significant indirect influences on in-role behavior and psychological well-being through intimacy. The results of the study contributed to the development of theories in areas of positive organizational behavior and development of employee attitudes in an organization. Intimacy and hope for work were found to have the role of positive organizational behavior. This contributed to the theoretical development of positive organizational behavior. On the other hand, this study proved that a sub-dimension of transformational leadership had indirect influences on employee attitude and behavior like psychological well-being and in-role behavior through intimacy and hope for work. This result extended transformational leadership research to areas of positive organizational behavior. Practically, the result of the study can be applied to the employees’ motivational development and transformational leadership development programs. Employees’ hope for work and intimacy with their leaders will be very important motivators for their employees. Future motivational development programs should consider to incorporate positive organizational behaviors variables like intimacy and hope for work in their employee motivational development programs. Theoretical and practical meaning of the results, and in-depth discussion about limitations and future study direction were provided through discussion section.

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본 연구의 목적은 변혁적 리더십의 구성요인인 지적자극이 구성원의 심리적 상태를 통해 구성원의 행동으로 이어지는 간접적인 영향을 알아보는 것이었다. 구성원의 심리적 상태로서 구성원의 일에 대한 희망과 친밀감을 활용하였으며, 구성원의 조직 내 행동으로 구성원의 심리적 웰빙과 역할 내 행동을 이용하였다. 통신산업에 종사하는 본 연구의 참여자들은 자발적인 참여를 원칙으로 하였으며, 많은 연구를 통하여 신뢰성과 타당성이 확보된 측정도구를 활용하여 구성된 설문지를 이용하여 본 연구의 실증분석에 사용된 자료를 수집하였다. 수집된 자료를 매개 회귀분석을 활용하여 검증하였으며 검증 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 지적자극은 구성원의 친밀감 및 일에 대한 희망 형성에 긍정적인 유의한 영향을 미치며, 둘째, 일에 대한 희망은 역할 내 행동과 심리적 웰빙에 중요한 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 셋째 친밀감은 구성원의 심리적 웰빙에 중요한 긍정적인 영향을 미치며, 넷째, 지적작극은 일에 대한 희망과 친밀감을 통해 역할 내 행동 및 심리적 웰빙에 각각 간접적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과는 구성원들이 조직 내 경험이 구성원의 심리적 상태를 거쳐 구성원의 행동에 영향을 미칠 수 있다는 것을 직접적으로 검증하였다는 점에서 의의를 찾아 볼 수 있으며, 구성원의 긍정적인 심리적 상태로서 역할 내 희망 및 친밀감을 조직행동분야에 응용해 보았다는 점에서 의의를 찾아 볼 수 있다. 토론 및 결론을 통하여 본연구의 이론적 기여도 및 실무적인 기여도에 대하여 심도 있는 논의를 제공하였으며, 본 연구의 한계에 대하여서도 언급하였다.