Research on Scale Development and Verification of Employee Responsible Innovation Based on Grounded Theory
As a new innovation model,responsible innovation provides a new approach to reducing the negative impact of scientific and technological innovation.However,the existing research has not yet reached a unified definition of the conceptual structure of employee responsible innovation,and there is a lack of scientific and clear measurement tools.Following the logic of grounded theory analysis,this study explores the conceptual structure of employee responsible innovation and develops a corresponding scale by using NVivo 12,Mplus 8.3 and other software through semi-structured interview,questionnaire survey and empirical analysis.The results show that employee responsible innovation includes the dimensions of"ethical compliance innovation"and"socially desirable innovation",and the developed 8-item scale for measuring employee responsible innovation has good reliability and validity.At the same time,in the process of testing the criterion correlation validity of employee responsible innovation,it is found that employee pro-social motivation and the role definition of taking charge behavior are significantly positive predicators of employee responsible innovation,and employee moral disengagement and pro-organizational non-ethical behaviors of leadership are significantly negative predicators of employee responsible innovation.The findings of the study enriched the conceptual connotation of employee responsible innovation,which can provide an effective measurement tool for the research related to responsible innovation and give reference to the management practice of responsible innovation.
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