JOURNAL OF BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOM ›› 2019, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (5): 75-84.doi: 10.19722/j.cnki.1008-7729.2019.0247

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Deviant Innovation Under the Perspective of Emotion: Moderating Effect #br# of Deviant Admiration

  

  1. 1. School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications,
    Beijing 100876, China;2. University of California, Davis, California Davis 95616, USA
  • Online:2019-10-31

Abstract: Deviant innovation, as an individuals innovative behavior with the characteristics of high risk and high profit, is arousing the attention of scholars and managers in the advocating period of “mass innovation”. Therefore, the formation mechanism of employees deviant innovation behavior is explored through positive emotion (mediating effect) and deviant admiration (moderating effect). 306 effective questionnaires are empirically verified. Conclusions are shown as follows: strengths-based psychological climate has a positive effect on deviant innovation; positive emotion plays a mediating role on the relationship between strengths-based psychological climate and deviant innovation; deviant admiration has a positive moderating effect on the relationship between positive emotion and deviant innovation. The research effectively reveals the occurrence mechanism of employees deviant innovation behavior, and provides a new theoretical perspective and practical inspiration for the innovation management of employees.

Key words: deviant innovation, strengths-based psychological climate, positive emotion, deviant admiration

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