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Employee Creativity and their Innovation:the Moderating Effect of Supervisor-Subordinate Guanxi and Goal Orientation |
Ding Lin,Geng Zizhen,Shan Chunxia |
(Business School,Xi'an International Studies University,Xi'an 710128,China) |
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Abstract It was a popular phenomenon that how to transform creativity into employee innovation.A questionnaire survey study,in which managers and employees from 4 state-owned enterprises were involved,was designed to explore the moderating effect of supervisor-subordinate Guanxi and goal orientation on the relationship between creativity and employee innovation.The results showed that:supervisor-subordinate Guanxi significantly decreased the positive effect of creativity on employee innovation; learning goal orientation increased positive effect of creativity on employee innovation; learning/proving goal orientation increased/decreased the moderating effect of supervisor-subordinate Guanxi on creativity and employee innovation.These results revealed the contingency and complex relationship between creativity and employee innovation,and provided theoretical inspiration and practice guidance for managers to scientifically and effectively manage creativity and employee innovation.
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Received: 19 February 2019
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