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An alter-centric perspective on employee innovation: The importance of alters' creative self-efficacy and network structure.
J Appl Psychol. 2017 Sep; 102(9):1360-1374.JA

Abstract

While most social network studies of employee innovation behavior examine the focal employees' ("egos'") network structure, we employ an alter-centric perspective to study the personal characteristics of employees' network contacts-their "alters"-to better understand employee innovation. Specifically, we examine how the creative self-efficacy (CSE) and innovation behavior of employees' social network contacts affects their ability to generate and implement novel ideas. Hypotheses were tested using a sample of 144 employees in a U.S.-based product development organization. We find that the average CSE of alters in an employee's problem solving network is positively related to that employee's innovation behavior, with this relationship being mediated by these alters' average innovation behavior. The relationship between the alters' average innovation behavior and the employee's own innovation behavior is strengthened when these alters have less dense social networks. Post hoc results suggest that having network contacts with high levels of CSE also leads to an increase in ego's personal CSE 1 year later in cases where the employee's initial level of CSE was relatively low. Implications for theory and practice are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record

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Grosser TJ
School of Business, University of Connecticut.
Venkataramani V
Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland.
Labianca GJ
Gatton College of Business & Economics, University of Kentucky.

MeSH

AdultCreativityEmploymentFemaleHumansInventionsMaleMiddle AgedSelf EfficacySocial Support

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Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

28414473

Citation

Grosser, Travis J., et al. "An Alter-centric Perspective On Employee Innovation: the Importance of Alters' Creative Self-efficacy and Network Structure." The Journal of Applied Psychology, vol. 102, no. 9, 2017, pp. 1360-1374.
Grosser TJ, Venkataramani V, Labianca GJ. An alter-centric perspective on employee innovation: The importance of alters' creative self-efficacy and network structure. J Appl Psychol. 2017;102(9):1360-1374.
Grosser, T. J., Venkataramani, V., & Labianca, G. J. (2017). An alter-centric perspective on employee innovation: The importance of alters' creative self-efficacy and network structure. The Journal of Applied Psychology, 102(9), 1360-1374. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000220
Grosser TJ, Venkataramani V, Labianca GJ. An Alter-centric Perspective On Employee Innovation: the Importance of Alters' Creative Self-efficacy and Network Structure. J Appl Psychol. 2017;102(9):1360-1374. PubMed PMID: 28414473.
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TY - JOUR T1 - An alter-centric perspective on employee innovation: The importance of alters' creative self-efficacy and network structure. AU - Grosser,Travis J, AU - Venkataramani,Vijaya, AU - Labianca,Giuseppe Joe, Y1 - 2017/04/17/ PY - 2017/4/18/pubmed PY - 2018/5/4/medline PY - 2017/4/18/entrez SP - 1360 EP - 1374 JF - The Journal of applied psychology JO - J Appl Psychol VL - 102 IS - 9 N2 - While most social network studies of employee innovation behavior examine the focal employees' ("egos'") network structure, we employ an alter-centric perspective to study the personal characteristics of employees' network contacts-their "alters"-to better understand employee innovation. Specifically, we examine how the creative self-efficacy (CSE) and innovation behavior of employees' social network contacts affects their ability to generate and implement novel ideas. Hypotheses were tested using a sample of 144 employees in a U.S.-based product development organization. We find that the average CSE of alters in an employee's problem solving network is positively related to that employee's innovation behavior, with this relationship being mediated by these alters' average innovation behavior. The relationship between the alters' average innovation behavior and the employee's own innovation behavior is strengthened when these alters have less dense social networks. Post hoc results suggest that having network contacts with high levels of CSE also leads to an increase in ego's personal CSE 1 year later in cases where the employee's initial level of CSE was relatively low. Implications for theory and practice are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record SN - 1939-1854 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/28414473/An_alter_centric_perspective_on_employee_innovation:_The_importance_of_alters'_creative_self_efficacy_and_network_structure_ L2 - http://content.apa.org/journals/apl/102/9/1360 DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -