Organizational identification and employees’ innovative behavior: the mediating role of work engagement and the moderating role of creative self-efficacy
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- 6 September 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Emerald Publishing in Chinese Management Studies
- Vol. 16 (5) , 1108-1123
Abstract
Purpose: This study aims to investigate the effect of organizational identification to employees’ innovative behavior, the mediating role of work engagement and the moderating role of creative self-efficacy in the relationship between organizational identification and employees’ innovative behavior. Design/methodology/approach: This study adopted questionnaires to gather data. The sample of 289 employees working in diverse organizations in China was applied to examine the hypotheses. Findings: The results indicates that organizational identification is positively related to employees’ innovative behavior and work engagement mediates the relationship between organizational identification and employees’ innovative behavior. In addition, creative self-efficacy enhances the relationship of work engagement and employees’ innovative behavior. Originality/value: This study builds a system from psychological aspect to behavior, which includes the effect of individual cognition to explain the mechanism of organizational identification on employees’ innovative behavior.Keywords
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