scholarly journals Influence of Prosocial Motivation on Employee Creativity: The Moderating Role of Regulatory Focus and the Mediating Role of Knowledge Sharing

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xizhou Tian ◽  
Xiqiang Peng ◽  
Xiaoping Peng
Keyword(s):  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Regulatory Focus ◽  
Bootstrap Method ◽  
Information Processing Model ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Prosocial Motivation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Stimulating and improving the creativity of employees are both theoretically and practically important. The relationship between prosocial motivation and creativity has gradually gained attention in recent years; however, in the context of controlling for intrinsic motivation, the influence process and results between the two are not yet clear. Based on the motivated information processing model, componential theory of creativity, and regulatory focus theory, this study analyzed the mediating role of knowledge sharing and the moderating role of regulatory focus in the relationship between prosocial motivation and the creativity of employees. For this, we used the PROCESS program and the bootstrap method to test the theoretical hypotheses. Consequently, a survey of 320 Chinese employees revealed that, under the condition of controlling for intrinsic motivation, the prosocial motivation of employees was positively related to creativity and partially mediated by knowledge sharing. Furthermore, regulatory focus negatively moderated the correlation between prosocial motivation and knowledge sharing. Specifically, we found that the higher the prevention focus was, the weaker the effect prosocial motivation had on knowledge sharing. Contrary to the hypothesis, promotion focus also played a negative moderating role. Thus, the results revealed the mechanism and boundary conditions of prosocial motivation on creativity. This study expands the research on prosocial motivation and provides guidance on how managers can enhance the creativity of their employees.

scholarly journals Towards Strategic Business Performance of the Hospitality Sector: Nexus of ICT, E-Marketing and Organizational Readiness

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 1346
Author(s):  
Muhammad Khalid Anser ◽  
Zahid Yousaf ◽  
Muhammad Usman ◽  
Seemab Yousaf
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Bootstrap Method ◽  
Organizational Readiness ◽  
Strategic Performance ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Purpose: This study aims to present a strategic business performance (SBP) model for firms operating in the hospitality industry by providing them guidance on how to use information and communication technologies (ICTs) and e-marketing to attain strategic performance. This paper also explores the moderating role of organizational readiness in the relationship between ICT and e-marketing. Methodology: Data were collected from the top, middle, and operational managers in 4-star and 5-star hotels. To test the mediating role of e-marketing in the relationship between ICT and SBP, Preacher and Hayes’s (2008) approach was used along with the bootstrap method. Regression analysis was carried out to examine the moderating role of organizational readiness. Findings: ICTs provide opportunities to execute e-marketing activities for achieving competitiveness. The empirical findings proved that the use of ICTs provides a basis for establishing a successful e-marketing mechanism that helps hotels to achieve SBP. Furthermore, ICTs’ influence on e-marketing is strengthened by organizational readiness. Originality/value: This paper adds to previous literature on ICTs, SBP, and e-marketing by examining the role of e-marketing and ICTs in positively contributing to the hotels’ SBP, which is a broader measure of firms’ business performance, as compared to the traditional financial or operational measures of a firm’s performance. Since previous studies on the links between ICTs, e-marketing, and firm performance are based on conventional measures of firm performance, this study offers new insights into the nexus of ICTs, e-marketing, and firm performance.

scholarly journals Intrinsic Rewards for Creativity and Employee Creativity to the Mediation Role of Knowledge Sharing and Intrinsic Motivation

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Sayed Sami Muzafary ◽  
Muhammad Naim Wahdat ◽  
Mudassir Hussain ◽  
Bonga Mdletshe ◽  
Shouket Ahmad Tilwani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Idea Generation ◽  
Employee Creativity ◽  
Intrinsic Rewards ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The One ◽  
Matched Data ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this research is to examine the mediating role of knowledge sharing and intrinsic motivation on the relationship between intrinsic rewards for creativity and employee creativity and furthermore explore the mediating role of intrinsic motivation on the relationship between intrinsic rewards for creativity and knowledge sharing. A total of 400 matched data were collected from employees and their immediate supervisors of four public universities in Afghanistan. The results revealed that knowledge sharing and intrinsic motivation mediated the linkage between intrinsic rewards for creativity and employee creativity, which comprises idea generation. The results have shown that the relationship between intrinsic rewards for creativity and knowledge sharing is mediated by intrinsic task motivation. The current research contributes to the employee creativity literature by empirically examining the mediating role of knowledge sharing and intrinsic motivation in the relationship between intrinsic rewards for creativity and employee creativity in the one hand and the mediating role of intrinsic motivation in the relationship between intrinsic rewards for creativity and employee creativity in other.

scholarly journals Effect of Employee Creativity on Project Performance with the Mediating Role of Knowledge Sharing and Moderating Role of Openness to Experience

2020 ◽  
Vol V (II) ◽  
pp. 137-148
Author(s):  
Hina Ahmed ◽  
Cynthia Sigamony
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Major Effect ◽  
Project Performance ◽  
Openness To Experience ◽  
Employee Creativity ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Since almost last two decades employees creativity has been discussed immensely by the researchers. This study majorly focuses on the effect of employee creativity in project performance in project-based organizations of Pakistan. We have discussed that the relationship between, employees creativity and project performance depend on the knowledge sharing whereas, openness to experience moderating the correlation of employees creativity with knowledge sharing. For this purpose, data was collected from 273 employees working in project-based organizations of Pakistan. The results obtained after the data analysis, considerably shows that there is an optimistic relationship between employees creativity and project performance whereas knowledge sharing mediates this relationship with the moderating role of openness to experience. The study significantly expands to the prevailing literature by highlighting the procedure through which employees’ creativity has a major effect on the enhancement of project performance.

How does servant leadership influence employees' service innovative behavior? The roles of intrinsic motivation and identification with the leader

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 571-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weilin Su ◽  
Bei Lyu ◽  
Hui Chen ◽  
Yanzi Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Servant Leadership ◽  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Innovative Behavior ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Innovative Behaviors

PurposeWith the rapid development of the service industry, service innovation has gradually become a hot topic in business today. How to further improve employees' service innovative behaviors has become critical to organizations' survival and success. Servant leadership, as a leadership style characterized by serving others, is closely related to employees' service innovative behaviors. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to develop a theoretical framework to examine the influence of servant leadership on employees' service innovative behavior, the mediating role of intrinsic motivation and the moderating role of identification with the leader.Design/methodology/approachTo test the theoretical model, a multi-time survey method was used to collect data from 381employees from a large high-tech company in Mainland China.FindingsThe results confirm that servant leadership can promote employees' service innovative behavior and intrinsic motivation. Meanwhile, employees' intrinsic motivation partly mediates the influence of servant leadership on their service innovative behavior. Moreover, this mediating relationship is conditional on the moderating role of individual identification with the leader in the path from servant leadership to individual intrinsic motivation.Research limitations/implicationsThe key limitation of this study lies in the representativeness of sample data, which is the convenience of non-probability sampling and self-reported data only from a large high-tech company in China.Practical implicationsThis study not only further verified a promotion factor of individual service innovative behavior from the perspective of leader influence, but also enriched the understanding of the positive influence of servant leadership on employees.Originality/valueThis study is the first to examine the relationships among servant leadership, employees' intrinsic motivation, identification with the leader and service innovative behavior. The results may help to open the “black box” of the relationship between servant leadership and employees' service innovative behavior by introducing their intrinsic motivation. The conclusions also indicate employees' identification with the leader is an important boundary condition among their relationships. Particularly, it not only moderates the relationship between servant leadership and intrinsic motivation, but also moderates the mediating role of intrinsic motivation.

scholarly journals EFFECT OF HR DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON EMPLOYEE KNOWLEDGE SHARING: EXAMINING THE MEDIATING ROLE OF TRUST ON LEADERSHIP AND MODERATING ROLE OF COOPERATIVE NORMS

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Irfan Raza ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Diversity Management ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose:This study was aimed at exploring the effect of HR diversity management practices on employees’ knowledge sharing with mediating role of trust on leadership and moderating role of cooperative norms. Methodology: Quantitative-method research design was conducted in the study and data was collected from 4 large organizations of Pakistan for analysis. Convenient sampling technique was applied and sample size for the study was 256. Thirty-six Likert-type questions were used to collect responses with á = 0.853. Findings: The results demonstrate that HR diversity management has a significant positive effect on employee knowledge sharing. The trust of leadership has a mediating role between HR diversity management and knowledge sharing. Findings also show that cooperative norms have a moderating role between HR diversity management and knowledge sharing; cooperative norms also moderate the relationship of trust on leadership and employee knowledge sharing. Practical Implications: There are significant academic and practical implications which are briefly described in the last part of the study.

To share or not to share? A moderated mediation model of the relationship between perceived overqualification and knowledge sharing

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lijing Zhao ◽  
Shuming Zhao ◽  
Hao Zeng ◽  
Jingyi Bai
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Identity Theory ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Experiment Study ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Perceived Overqualification ◽  
Moderating Role

PurposeDrawing on identity theory and the symbolic interactionism perspective of identity theory, this study aims to construct a moderated mediation framework to test the effects of perceived overqualification (POQ) on knowledge sharing (KS) through professional identity threat (PIT) and the moderating role of coworkers' help-seeking behavior (CHSB).Design/methodology/approachThis paper uses a quantitative multistudy research design with a combination of a scenario experiment (Study 1) and a two-wave field study among 220 supervisor-subordinate dyads at a power company in China. Using analysis of variance, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and bootstrapping method, the authors validated the research hypothesis.FindingsIn the scenario experiment study (study 1), the authors find that POQ is positively related to PIT and that CHSB negatively moderates the positive impact of POQ on PIT. The field study (study 2) replicated the above findings and found that PIT mediates the negative effect of POQ on KS. In addition, CHSB negatively moderates the mediating role of PIT between POQ and KS.Originality/valueFirst, the current study extended the nomological network of POQ research by examining its influence on employees' KS. Second, this study empirically investigated the mediating role of PIT, which provided a new explanatory mechanism for the influence of POQ. Finally, this study demonstrates the moderating role of CHSB—a situational factor that has been ignored in previous studies.

Mediating Effect of WhatsApp Addiction Between Social Loneliness and Preference for Online Social Interaction: A Cross-cultural Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 097215092110556
Author(s):  
Komal Nagar ◽  
Gurmeet Singh ◽  
Rabinder Singh
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Cross Cultural Study ◽  
Online Social Interaction ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Social Loneliness

The present study aims to explore the relationship between social loneliness and online interaction through WhatsApp addiction among a sample of Indian and Fijian respondents. Based on the responses of 202 Indian and 73 Fijian respondents, the present research study validated the mediating role of WhatsApp addiction, revealing that social loneliness increased the possibility of preferring to interact online through increased WhatsApp addiction. The empirical results showed that the underlying mechanism of social loneliness might indirectly influence consumers’ preference for online social interaction (POSI). The study further assessed the moderating role of culture in the association between social loneliness and POSI. Findings of the moderated mediation analysis demonstrated that, the association between loneliness and preference to socialize online differed, based on the identified cultural differences between Indian and Fijian groups.

A Cross-Level Theoretical and Empirical Model of Positive Emotions, Leader Identification, and Leader–Member Exchange

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 124-135
Author(s):  
Chongrui Liu ◽  
Cong Wang ◽  
Yan Liu ◽  
Xuran Liu ◽  
Yuan Ni
Keyword(s):  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Leader Member Exchange ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Member Exchange ◽  
Leadership Context ◽  
Broaden And Build Theory ◽  
Mediating Factor ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Abstract. Although leader–member exchange (LMX) has been widely studied, knowledge about how followers influence the LMX process remains unknown. By integrating the broaden-and-build theory (BBT) with the emotion as social information (EASI) theory, we develop a follower-centric multilevel model to investigate how followers' positive emotions have an impact on LMX via the mediating role of leader identification and the moderating role of leaders' positive emotions. We conducted a survey with 319 Chinese employees from 67 teams. The results indicated that leader identification served as a mediating factor in the relationship between followers' positive emotions and LMX. The work unit leaders' positive emotions strengthened the relationship between leader identification and LMX and moderated the mediated relationship among followers' positive emotions, leader identification, and LMX. Altogether, our findings inform new knowledge in terms of how followers may influence the development of LMX. We also help to extend the BBT and the EASI theory to the leadership context.

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