This study examined the relationship between transformational leadership and employee bootleg innovation through the mediating role of creative self-efficacy and the moderating role of leader-member exchange(LMX).Data...This study examined the relationship between transformational leadership and employee bootleg innovation through the mediating role of creative self-efficacy and the moderating role of leader-member exchange(LMX).Data were collected from 279 employees and 56 matched supervisors within a large Chinese digital transformation group.A moderated mediation model analysis found that transformational leadership predicts higher employee bootleg innovation.Creative self-efficacy mediated the positive relationship between transformational leadership and employee bootleg.Additionally,leader-member exchange significantly moderated the relationship between transformational leadership and creative self-efficacy,for a further enhancement of bootleg innovation.Thesefindings underscore the importance of transformative leadership in fostering digital employee innovation.This study provides further evidence of the relevance of self-determination theory in explaining the leadership and employee innovation,relationship within the context of digital transformation.By implication,creative self-efficacy and leader-member exchange are modifiable factors by digital transformation entities seeking a competitive advantage.展开更多
The bootlegging achievements initiated by employees play an important role in realizing high-quality development in China.Extant literature has not investigated the formation mechanism of bootleg innovation from the p...The bootlegging achievements initiated by employees play an important role in realizing high-quality development in China.Extant literature has not investigated the formation mechanism of bootleg innovation from the perspective of motivation.Therefore,this study integrates the cognitive factors of employees’creative self-efficacy and psychological safety based on social cognitive theory and introduces performance prove goal orientation as the mediator from the perspective of motivation to explore its influence on bootleg innovation.Data collected from 468 employees from 53 technological companies at three time nodes demonstrate that:Creative self-efficacy and psychological safety can promote employees’bootleg innovation;the combination of high creative self-efficacy and high psychological safety is more likely to drive bootleg innovation than the combination of double low levels of them;a consistent combination of creative self-efficacy and psychological safety is more likely to drive innovative behavior than an inconsistent combination of them;the combination of high creative self efficacy and low psychological security is more likely to drive bootleg innovation than the combination of the vice versa;employees’creative self-efficacy and psychological security affect bootleg innovation mainly through the formation of performance-prove goal orientation;and the error management climate can positively moderate the mediating effect of performance-prove goal orientation.This study provides a new perspective on the formation mechanism of bootleg innovation and can serve as a practical reference for enterprises to motivate employees’bootleg innovation.展开更多
基金supported by the China Association of Trade in Services(CATIS-PR-250225).
文摘This study examined the relationship between transformational leadership and employee bootleg innovation through the mediating role of creative self-efficacy and the moderating role of leader-member exchange(LMX).Data were collected from 279 employees and 56 matched supervisors within a large Chinese digital transformation group.A moderated mediation model analysis found that transformational leadership predicts higher employee bootleg innovation.Creative self-efficacy mediated the positive relationship between transformational leadership and employee bootleg.Additionally,leader-member exchange significantly moderated the relationship between transformational leadership and creative self-efficacy,for a further enhancement of bootleg innovation.Thesefindings underscore the importance of transformative leadership in fostering digital employee innovation.This study provides further evidence of the relevance of self-determination theory in explaining the leadership and employee innovation,relationship within the context of digital transformation.By implication,creative self-efficacy and leader-member exchange are modifiable factors by digital transformation entities seeking a competitive advantage.
基金supported by the general project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.72072086,72272057).
文摘The bootlegging achievements initiated by employees play an important role in realizing high-quality development in China.Extant literature has not investigated the formation mechanism of bootleg innovation from the perspective of motivation.Therefore,this study integrates the cognitive factors of employees’creative self-efficacy and psychological safety based on social cognitive theory and introduces performance prove goal orientation as the mediator from the perspective of motivation to explore its influence on bootleg innovation.Data collected from 468 employees from 53 technological companies at three time nodes demonstrate that:Creative self-efficacy and psychological safety can promote employees’bootleg innovation;the combination of high creative self-efficacy and high psychological safety is more likely to drive bootleg innovation than the combination of double low levels of them;a consistent combination of creative self-efficacy and psychological safety is more likely to drive innovative behavior than an inconsistent combination of them;the combination of high creative self efficacy and low psychological security is more likely to drive bootleg innovation than the combination of the vice versa;employees’creative self-efficacy and psychological security affect bootleg innovation mainly through the formation of performance-prove goal orientation;and the error management climate can positively moderate the mediating effect of performance-prove goal orientation.This study provides a new perspective on the formation mechanism of bootleg innovation and can serve as a practical reference for enterprises to motivate employees’bootleg innovation.
