The Relationship among Proactive Personality, Knowledge Sharing and Employee's Innovation Behavior

Abstract

Abstract:

Based on the two cognitive perspectives:individual and situational characteristic, this paper tests the relationship among proactive personality, knowledge sharing and employee's innovation behavior using multiple regression analysis of linear models through 199 staffs' questionnaire surveys. In addition, based on trait activation theory, innovation climate's moderating effect between the relationship of proactive personality with knowledge sharing and employee's innovation behavior is also tested. Results of the regression analyses suggest that proactive personality has a positive impact on the employee's innovation behavior, and knowledge sharing has a moderating role between proactive personality and employee's innovation behavior. The results also show that innovation climate negatively moderates the relationship of proactive personality with knowledge sharing and employee's innovation behavior. Higher innovation climate weakens the proactive personality's positive influence to knowledge sharing and employee's innovation behavior. These results further support the basic idea of the trait activation theory. Therefore, creating a good innovation climate to make up the "inadequate" of employee's initiative is a feasible path for managers.

Key words: proactive personality, knowledge sharing, innovation climate, employees'innovation behavior, mediating effect, moderating effect

Zhang Zhengang, Yu Chuanpeng, Li Yunjian. The Relationship among Proactive Personality, Knowledge Sharing and Employee's Innovation Behavior[J]. , 2016, 28(4): 123-133.

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