Abstract
In this study, we examined how supervisor developmental feedback influences employees’ innovative behavior. A multi-time survey method was used in this study to collect data from 310 employees in Chinese enterprises. The research results show that supervisor developmental feedback has positive effects on employee innovative behavior via the mediating effect of self-goal-setting. We further found that uncertainty avoidance strengthens the positive relationship between supervisor developmental feedback and the self-goal-setting of employees. Our study offers a new account based on self-regulation perspective for understanding feedback.
Highlights
Innovative behavior, which is defined as “a behavior in which individuals produce creative ideas or countermeasures in their work and attempt to practise them” [1], is essential for organizations, especially in uncertain environments
By exploring how uncertainty avoidance moderates the relationship between supervisor developmental feedback and self-goal-setting, we found that uncertainty avoidance is an important context to consider as a boundary condition in the theory of supervisor developmental feedback
The results show that self-goal-setting had significant mediating effects on the link between supervisor developmental feedback and innovative behavior
Summary
Innovative behavior, which is defined as “a behavior in which individuals produce creative ideas or countermeasures in their work and attempt to practise them” [1], is essential for organizations, especially in uncertain environments. On 30 January 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 an epidemic, and a public health emergency of international concern [2]. COVID-19, as an infectious disease, has a great impact on people’s life and work, especially on employees and supervisors in the workplace [3]. In the face of today’s rapidly changing environment, enterprises need innovation behavior in order to improve organizational performance and help organizations survive [4]. Research has shown that innovative behavior is linked to organizational performance [5], product innovation [6] and competitive advantage for the organization [7]
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