The Formation Mechanism of Employee Innovation from the Perspective of Followership:The Role of Organization-based Self-esteem and Psychological Empowerment
Based on the followership perspective and self-validation theory,a moderated mediation model was constructed to study the influence of employee followership on innovation behavior,and the mediating effect of organization-based self-esteem and the moderating effect of psychological empowerment were discussed.Based on the analysis of 486 sample,the results showed that organizational self-esteem played a significant mediating role between employee followership and innovation behavior,and psychological empowerment positively moderated the mechanism between organization-based self-esteem and innovation behavior and the mediating role of organization-based self-esteem.The findings supplement the research from the perspective of followership,emphasizing the equal importance of followership in the leadership process,which have a certain theoretical contribution to explore the mechanism and boundary effect of employee followership on innovation behavior,and also provide some guidance for enterprises in selecting and training employees and daily management practices.