How does spiritual leadership inspire employees’ innovative behavior? The role of psychological capital and intrinsic motivation

IF 1.3 4区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED

European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne De Psychologie Appliquee Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI:10.1016/j.erap.2023.100905

Bin Li , Weinan Yu , Yongxin Lei , Mingqi Hu

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Abstract

Introduction

Innovative employee behavior plays a vital role in creating a competitive edge for organizations. While some studies have highlighted the benefits of spiritual leadership for employees, there is a lack of research exploring the psychological mechanisms behind these benefits from an intrinsic needs perspective.

Objective

This study aims to examine the internal mechanism between spiritual leadership and followers’ innovative behavior, and the influence of spiritual leadership on employees’ innovative behavior.

Method

The study conducted a three-stage questionnaire to investigate 886 employees of Chinese companies and used the bootstrap approach to test mediating effects.

Results

The results indicate that spiritual leadership has a positive impact on employees’ innovative behavior. Psychological capital and intrinsic motivation were identified as the mediating variables between spiritual leadership and innovative behavior. Furthermore, the study found a sequential mediating effect from psychological capital to intrinsic motivation.

Conclusion

Spiritual leadership can stimulate employees to exhibit more innovative behaviors by enhancing their psychological capital and intrinsic motivation.

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精神领导力如何激励员工的创新行为？心理资本的作用与内在动机

简介创新的员工行为在为组织创造竞争优势方面发挥着至关重要的作用。虽然一些研究强调了精神领导力对员工的好处，但缺乏从内在需求角度探索这些好处背后的心理机制的研究。目的本研究旨在考察精神领导力与追随者创新行为之间的内在机制，以及精神领导力对员工创新行为的影响。方法采用三阶段问卷对886名中国企业员工进行调查，并采用自举法检验中介效应。结果精神领导力对员工创新行为有正向影响。心理资本和内在动机是精神领导力与创新行为之间的中介变量。此外，研究还发现了心理资本对内在动机的顺序中介作用。结论精神领导力可以通过增强员工的心理资本和内在动机来激励员工表现出更多的创新行为。

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European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne De Psychologie Appliquee PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED-

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2.20

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20.00%

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期刊介绍： The aim of the Revue européenne de Psychologie appliquée / European Review of Applied Psychology is to promote high-quality applications of psychology to all areas of specialization, and to foster exchange among researchers and professionals. Its policy is to attract a wide range of contributions, including empirical research, overviews of target issues, case studies, descriptions of instruments for research and diagnosis, and theoretical work related to applied psychology. In all cases, authors will refer to published and verificable facts, whether established in the study being reported or in earlier publications.