TY - JOUR T1 - How Supervisor-Subordinate Guanxi Influence Employee Innovative Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model. AU - Gao,Yu, AU - Liu,Haiyan, Y1 - 2021/12/14/ PY - 2021/10/07/received PY - 2021/11/26/accepted PY - 2021/12/22/entrez PY - 2021/12/23/pubmed PY - 2021/12/23/medline KW - innovative behavior KW - job satisfaction KW - organizational commitment KW - psychological safety KW - supervisor–subordinate guanxi SP - 2001 EP - 2014 JF - Psychology research and behavior management JO - Psychol Res Behav Manag VL - 14 N2 - PURPOSE: In the practice of inspiring employees' innovative behavior (IB), managers often pay attention to the role of policies, capitals, incentive measures, equipment and other factors, while ignoring the role of the relationship between leaders and employees. Based on social exchange theory and conservation of resources theory, this paper is to examine the mediating role of job satisfaction (JS) and organizational commitment (OC) in the relationship between supervisor-subordinate guanxi (SSG) and employee IB, and the moderating role of psychological safety (PS) in the series mediation model between SSG and employee IB. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Cross-sectional data came from 207 employees of Chinese scientific and technological enterprises. The participants completed the SSG scale, JS scale, OC scale, IB scale, and PS scale. SPSS PROCESS macro was used to test the research hypothesis. RESULTS: SSG was positively associated with employee IB. SSG can not only influence IB through JS or OC (SSG→JS→IB; SSG→OC→IB) but also influence IB through JS and OC (SSG→JS→OC→IB). PS moderated the joint mediating effects between SSG and IB (SSG→JS→OC→IB). CONCLUSION: To stimulate employees' IB within an enterprise can pay attention to the relationship between leaders and employees, improve employee JS, and strengthen employee OC. The lower the PS, the stronger the joint mediation effects between SSG and employee IB. Therefore, leaders should also pay attention to employees with high PS to avoid the counterproductive effect of cultivating SSG. SN - 1179-1578 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/34934367/How_Supervisor_Subordinate_Guanxi_Influence_Employee_Innovative_Behavior:_A_Moderated_Mediation_Model_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -