The influence of differential leadership on employees’ deviant innovation behavior: An outsider subordinate perspective

Frontiers in Psychology

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Mengyun Wu¹  Yuqing Zhu¹  Qi He¹  Luan Zhang¹  Jie Lu² 

[1] School of Finance and Economics, Jiangsu University;School of Management, Jiangsu University

关键词: Differential leadership;    deviant innovation behavior;    relative deprivation;    Internal control;    outsider subordinate perspective;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2022.996331

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Given the complex business environment worldwide and rapid development of information technologies, employees’ deviant innovation behavior has attracted increasing attention. However, few scholars have explored the internal mechanism of the influence of differential leadership on the deviant innovation behavior of outsider subordinates from a positive perspective. Based on relative deprivation theory and attribution theory, we construct a theoretical model to study the influence of differential leadership in family businesses on the deviant innovation behavior of outsider subordinates, and hypothesis testing is conducted based on 243 questionnaire responses. The result shows that: differential leadership has a positive impact on the deviant innovation behavior of outsider subordinates; relative deprivation plays a mediating role; and internal control personality enhances the moderation effect between relative deprivation and outsider subordinates’ deviant innovation behavior. This study provides a reference point for the promotion of the innovation performance both of employees and organizations.

【 授权许可】

CC BY