Underlying Mechanism and Boundary Conditions of Family Supportive Supervision on Employee Innovative Behavior
This paper intends to explore the effect of family supportive supervisor behavior(FSSB)on employee innovation.Based on the conservation of resources theory and the social cognitive theory,it proposes the mediating role of general self-efficacy and the moderating role of gender(including employees'gender and supervisors'gender).The results of a three-wave survey on married employees with children(Study 1,n=222)show that FSSB has a positive impact on employee general self-efficacy.General self-efficacy has a positive impact on employee innovative behavior,further,mediates the relationship between FSSB and employee innovative behavior.These direct and indirect relationships are moderated by employees'gender,such that they are significant for female employees.These findings are replicated by a supervisor-subordinate matched survey study(Study 2,employee n=158,and supervisor n=32).Moreover,supervisors'gender moderates the relationship between FSSB and employee general self-efficacy,such that this direct relationship is stronger for male supervisors.This paper provides a nuanced view on the linkage between FSSB and employee innovative behavior,and,in the meanwhile,offers some insight into innovation management.
family supportive supervisor behavior(FSSB)supervisor gendergeneral self-efficacyinnovative behavioremployee gender
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