The Influence of Supervisor Developmental Feedback on Employee Innovative Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model

Frontiers in Psychology

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Weilin Su¹  Xinqi Lin¹  He Ding² 

[1] School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China;School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University

关键词: supervisor developmental feedback;    employee creative self-efficacy;    supervisor’s organizational embodiment;    employee innovative behavior;    moderated mediation model;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01581

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Previous scholars have recognized the critical role of supervisors in stimulating employee innovative behavior, although it is still unclear whether and how supervisor developmental feedback impacts employee innovative behavior. To resolve this issue, the present study develops and verifies a moderated mediation model to explore the positive influence of supervisor developmental feedback on employee innovative behavior via creative self-efficacy, as well as the moderating role of a supervisor’s organizational embodiment in this process. Analyses of the multi-time data from 375 employees indicate that supervisor developmental feedback is positively associated with employee innovative behavior via his/her creative self-efficacy. Moreover, a supervisor’s organizational embodiment moderates the influence of supervisor developmental feedback on employee creative self-efficacy and the mediating role of creative self-efficacy. From these analyses, the present study not only further develops several views of pervious research in the field of supervisor feedback and employee innovation, but also provides a potential managerial way to promote employee innovative behavior from the perspective of supervisor feedback.

【 授权许可】

CC BY