Gender Differences in the Relationship between Interpersonal Trust and Innovative Behavior: The Mediating Effects of Affective Organizational Commitment and Knowledge-Sharing.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2022 May 14; 12(5)BS

Abstract

The innovative behavior of employees is the micro-foundation of enterprise innovation. The objective of this study was to assess the role of gender differences in the effect of interpersonal trust on employee innovation and the mediating roles of organizational commitment and knowledge-sharing. This study tested research hypotheses with a multi-group structural equation model, using data collected from 688 participants in Shanghai, China. The results showed that interpersonal trust had significant impacts on affective organizational commitment, knowledge-sharing and innovation behavior. Affective organizational commitment and knowledge-sharing mediated the effect of interpersonal trust on employee innovation. Furthermore, the direct impact of interpersonal trust on innovative behavior was significantly higher for women than for men, whereas males' affective organizational commitment increased their knowledge-sharing behaviors. In addition, there were no significant gender differences in the effect of interpersonal trust on organizational commitment and in the effect of knowledge-sharing on innovative behavior. These results confirmed that interpersonal trust was more important for female knowledge-sharing and innovative behavior, and affective organizational commitment was more important for male knowledge-sharing.

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Yuan H

School of Sociology and Political Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.

Ma D

Department of Sociology, Shanghai Administration Institute, Shanghai 200233, China.

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Journal Article

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eng

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35621442

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Yuan, Hao, and Dan Ma. "Gender Differences in the Relationship Between Interpersonal Trust and Innovative Behavior: the Mediating Effects of Affective Organizational Commitment and Knowledge-Sharing." Behavioral Sciences (Basel, Switzerland), vol. 12, no. 5, 2022.

Yuan H, Ma D. Gender Differences in the Relationship between Interpersonal Trust and Innovative Behavior: The Mediating Effects of Affective Organizational Commitment and Knowledge-Sharing. Behav Sci (Basel). 2022;12(5).

Yuan, H., & Ma, D. (2022). Gender Differences in the Relationship between Interpersonal Trust and Innovative Behavior: The Mediating Effects of Affective Organizational Commitment and Knowledge-Sharing. Behavioral Sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 12(5). https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12050145

Yuan H, Ma D. Gender Differences in the Relationship Between Interpersonal Trust and Innovative Behavior: the Mediating Effects of Affective Organizational Commitment and Knowledge-Sharing. Behav Sci (Basel). 2022 May 14;12(5) PubMed PMID: 35621442.

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Gender Differences in the Relationship between Interpersonal Trust and Innovative Behavior: The Mediating Effects of Affective Organizational Commitment and Knowledge-Sharing.Behav Sci (Basel). 2022 May 14; 12(5)BS