The innovative performance of knowledge workers based on the multi-level analysis—Taking the effects of both individual level and organizational level into account

Wan Qing; Chen Wanming; Hu Enhua

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The innovative performance of knowledge workers based on the multi-level analysis—Taking the effects of both individual level and organizational level into account

Wan Qing, Chen Wanming, Hu Enhua

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On the basis of innovation management theory, a conceptual model of knowledge workers’ innovative performance is proposed. This model contains both individual level and organizational level. At the individual level, the model describes the positive relationship between innovative intention and innovative performance, and reveals the regulatory effect of knowledge absorptive capacity and the intermediary effect of knowledge diffusion paths. At the organizational level, the model focuses on the interpretation of the regulatory effects of innovative atmosphere. Then, upon the survey data, the methods of multiple linear regression and Hierarchical Linear Analysis (HLA) are employed to verify the hypotheses based on conceptual model. The research also indicates that in the different stages of absorptive capacity, the promotive effects on the innovative performance through knowledge diffusion paths are various. Therefore, the choices of the knowledge diffusion paths should be matched with the workers’ knowledge absorptive capacity.

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innovative atmosphere / innovative intention / knowledge diffusion path / HLA

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Wan Qing, Chen Wanming, Hu Enhua. The innovative performance of knowledge workers based on the multi-level analysis—Taking the effects of both individual level and organizational level into account[J]. Science Research Management. 2012(6): 8-15

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