Expansion of the Psychological Contract: Unlocking the Code of Innovation Behavior in Open Innovation Community

IF 2.3 3区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Journal of Applied Social Psychology Pub Date : 2025-08-08 DOI:10.1111/jasp.70011

Jingkun Bai, Xiaotong Sun

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Abstract

Companies are increasingly building open innovation communities to take advantage of user innovation. However, research on the factors that drive users' innovation behavior is still lacking. Based on the self-determination theory, we focus on the impact of different types of psychological contracts on users' innovation behavior, as well as the interactions between different types of psychological contracts. Using a questionnaire method, 385 valid questionnaires were collected from four Chinese open innovation communities, with the empirical results found: Transactional psychological contracts significantly negatively affect users' innovation behavior; relational psychological contracts and ideology-infused psychological contracts have a significant positive effect; transactional psychological contracts negatively moderate the relationship between ideology-infused psychological contracts and users' innovation behavior, while relational psychological contracts positively moderate this relationship. This study enriches and expands the research on psychological contract and users' innovation behavior, providing a reference for managing users' innovation behavior in the open innovation community context.

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心理契约的拓展：开放创新社区创新行为准则的解锁

公司越来越多地建立开放的创新社区，以利用用户的创新。然而，对用户创新行为驱动因素的研究仍然缺乏。基于自我决定理论，我们重点研究了不同类型的心理契约对用户创新行为的影响，以及不同类型心理契约之间的相互作用。采用问卷调查法，从4个中国开放式创新社区收集了385份有效问卷，实证结果发现：交易心理契约显著负向影响用户的创新行为；关系型心理契约和意识形态型心理契约具有显著的正向作用；交易性心理契约负向调节意识形态注入心理契约与用户创新行为的关系，关系性心理契约正向调节意识形态注入心理契约与用户创新行为的关系。本研究丰富和拓展了心理契约与用户创新行为的研究，为开放式创新社区背景下的用户创新行为管理提供参考。

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Journal of Applied Social Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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4.30

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4.00%

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期刊介绍： Published since 1971, Journal of Applied Social Psychology is a monthly publication devoted to applications of experimental behavioral science research to problems of society (e.g., organizational and leadership psychology, safety, health, and gender issues; perceptions of war and natural hazards; jury deliberation; performance, AIDS, cancer, heart disease, exercise, and sports).