The effects of ethical leadership, help seeking and happiness on innovation: an examination in China

Leadership & Organization Development Journal Pub Date : 2024-06-11 DOI:10.1108/lodj-07-2023-0377

Lei Xie, Guangping Li, Xinyi Bian

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PurposeThe study specifically focused on ethical leadership and help seeking during innovation and tested the moderating effect of happiness on the path from help seeking to innovation.Design/methodology/approachIn this longitudinal study, 472 employees from an HR outsourcing company in China participated in the first survey. However, only 184 employees completed two surveys (1 month apart). We used path analysis to test all hypotheses through Mplus.FindingsWe found that ethical leadership, through help-seeking, is correlated to innovation. We also found that one’s happiness level is related to innovation, and when employees are chronically happy, the positive effect of help-seeking on innovation is stronger.Originality/valueWorking in an ethical environment, employees are comfortable acknowledging mistakes, hearing feedback and making corrections, which fosters continuous innovation. Conversely, without the influence from ethical leaders, employees may choose to remain silent and abandon continuous innovation due to the concern of losing “face” the context of China.

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道德领导、寻求帮助和幸福感对创新的影响：在中国的考察

设计/方法/途径在这项纵向研究中，中国一家人力资源外包公司的472名员工参与了第一次调查。然而，只有 184 名员工完成了两次调查（间隔 1 个月）。研究结果我们发现，通过寻求帮助，道德领导力与创新相关。我们还发现，一个人的快乐程度与创新有关，当员工长期处于快乐状态时，寻求帮助对创新的积极影响就会更强。原创性/价值在道德环境中工作，员工乐于承认错误、听取反馈并进行改正，从而促进持续创新。相反，如果没有道德领导者的影响，员工可能会因为担心在中国 "丢面子 "而选择保持沉默，放弃持续创新。

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