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A Multilevel Model of Employee Innovation

Understanding the Effects of Regulatory Focus, Thriving, and Employee Involvement Climate

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ID23337409
AuthorsJames C Wallace (0000-0002-2273-7180, Oklahoma State University Oklahoma City, corresponding author), Marcus M Butts (0000-0001-9463-5362, The University of Texas at Arlington), Paul D Johnson (0009-0008-9798-6772, Western Carolina University), Flannery G Stevens (University of Utah), Mickey B Smith (0000-0001-6339-7226, Oklahoma State University)
Year2016
Volume42
Issue4
Pages982-1004
Publication date2016-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Management (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0149-2063 • E-ISSN: 1557-1211
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0149206313506462
OpenAlexW2129762037
LanguageEN
Citations received71
References cited93

Drawing from tenets of self-determination theory, we propose and test a multilevel model that examines the effects of employee involvement climate on the individual-level process linking employee regulatory focus (promotion and prevention) to innovation via thriving. Using data collected at three points in time from 346 participants in 75 groups, multilevel path analytic results demonstrated support for a positive indirect effect from promotion focus to innovation via thriving and a negative indirect effect from prevention focus to innovation via thriving. In addition, results showed a positive indirect effect from employee involvement climate to innovation via thriving. Perhaps most important, cross-level moderated mediation results demonstrated that employee involvement climate strengthens the relationship between promotion focus and thriving, which, in turn, positively relates to innovation. The theoretical and practical implications of these multilevel effects on innovation are discussed.

Focus (optics) · Mediation · Moderated mediation · Multilevel model · Path analysis (statistics) · Political science · Promotion (chess) · Regulatory focus theory · Sociology · Thriving · Computer Science · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support

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