A Multilevel Research on the Relationship between Self-Sacrificial Leadership and Employee Innovation Behavior ——Multilevel Role of Creative Process Engagement and Team Trust

Abstract

Abstract: Ability to improve employee innovation behavior is a key factor that affects enterprise core competence. Numerous studies have shown that leadership behavior is an important factor in promoting employee innovation behavior. Based on this, by synthesizing theories of social information process and social learning, this paper illustrates the cross-level mechanisms of self-sacrificial leadership on employee innovation behavior. Using data gathered through a survey of 84 valid samples for research and development team in high-tech enterprises, we empirically test all the hypotheses. The results show that (1) self-sacrificial leadership has a significant positive influence on team trust, creative process engagement and employee innovation behavior. (2) Team trust and creative process engagement multilevel respectively play the multilevel mediating role in the relationship between self-sacrificial leadership and employee innovation behavior. (3) Team trust significantly moderate the relationships between process engagement and employee innovation behavior such that the higher team trust is, the stronger the positive relationship between the two will ber.

Key words: employee innovation behavior, self-sacrificial leadership, team trust, creative process engagement

Xu Zhenting, Luo Jinlian, Qu Yiying. A Multilevel Research on the Relationship between Self-Sacrificial Leadership and Employee Innovation Behavior ——Multilevel Role of Creative Process Engagement and Team Trust[J]. Management Review, 2020, 32(11): 184-195.

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