The influential factors of innovation climate for postgraduate teams

Chang Yaping; Sun Wei; Zhang Jinlong

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The influential factors of innovation climate for postgraduate teams

Chang Yaping, Sun Wei, Zhang Jinlong

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Climate for innovation is highly correlated with the performance of team innovation, however, there are few empirical researches on the influential factors of climate for innovation. Based on the review of relevant literature, a conceptual model on the influential factors of climate for postgraduate team innovation is proposed, these factors are tutor innovation, tutor charm, student maturity, students openness to experience, tutor-student relationship, and team identity. Based on the analysis of structural equation model, the model is confirmed by investigating 374 postgraduates of Chinese universities. The results show that tutor charm and tutor-student relationship have significant positive impacts on the participative safety and innovation support, tutor innovation ness, tutor charm, student maturity, and team identity have significant positive impacts on vision goal. At the end, the practical measurements for building a free and harmonious climate for postgraduate team innovation are presented.

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postgraduate team / climate for innovation / influential factor

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