The Effect Mechanism of Leader’s Harmonious Orientation on Employees’ Innovation Behavior: Based on Mediating Effect of Employees’ Prosocial Motivation

Abstract

Based on the local cultural background, this research introduces employees’ prosocial motivation as an intermediary variable based on social cognitive theory and social learning theory, and explores the influence mechanism of the relationship between leader’s harmonious orientation and employees’ innovation behavior. Through the questionnaire survey, the following conclusions are obtained: the harmonious orientation of leadership will significantly affect the innovative behavior of employees, which is manifested in that the leader’s sincere harmony orientation significantly positively affects the employees’ innovation behavior; the leader’s superficial harmony orientation significantly negatively affects the innovative behavior of employees. Employees' prosocial motivation plays a mediating role between leader’s harmonious orientation and employees' innovation behavior.