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Being helpful and being innovative: The role of psychological meaningfulness and positive affect
The present study is developed based on conservation of resources theory (COR) to explore the underlying mechanism and boundary condition for the relationship between helping behavior and innovative behavior. To avoid the shortages of cross-sectional data, the present study collected two-wave and mu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9692022/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36438409 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1045845 |
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author | Shen, Yifei Zhang, Zhenduo Song, Haoyang Zheng, Junwei Bu, Qiong |
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description | The present study is developed based on conservation of resources theory (COR) to explore the underlying mechanism and boundary condition for the relationship between helping behavior and innovative behavior. To avoid the shortages of cross-sectional data, the present study collected two-wave and multi-source data. By collecting from 193 full-time Chinese workers and 68 supervisors at two separate time points, this study developed and examined a moderated mediation model using Mplus 7.0. The results show that helping behavior increases innovative behavior through enhancing positive affect, and psychological meaningfulness moderates the indirect relationship between helping behavior and innovative behavior through positive affect. In the condition of high psychological meaningfulness, helping behavior has a stronger indirect impact on innovative behavior through enhancing positive affect. This study enriches the literature on the outcomes of helping behavior. Moreover, this study provides several managerial implications to amplify the positive impact of helping behavior on innovative behavior. This study develops several strategies to enhance psychological meaningfulness and promote the benefits of helping behavior. |
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spelling | pubmed-96920222022-11-26 Being helpful and being innovative: The role of psychological meaningfulness and positive affect Shen, Yifei Zhang, Zhenduo Song, Haoyang Zheng, Junwei Bu, Qiong Front Psychol Psychology The present study is developed based on conservation of resources theory (COR) to explore the underlying mechanism and boundary condition for the relationship between helping behavior and innovative behavior. To avoid the shortages of cross-sectional data, the present study collected two-wave and multi-source data. By collecting from 193 full-time Chinese workers and 68 supervisors at two separate time points, this study developed and examined a moderated mediation model using Mplus 7.0. The results show that helping behavior increases innovative behavior through enhancing positive affect, and psychological meaningfulness moderates the indirect relationship between helping behavior and innovative behavior through positive affect. In the condition of high psychological meaningfulness, helping behavior has a stronger indirect impact on innovative behavior through enhancing positive affect. This study enriches the literature on the outcomes of helping behavior. Moreover, this study provides several managerial implications to amplify the positive impact of helping behavior on innovative behavior. This study develops several strategies to enhance psychological meaningfulness and promote the benefits of helping behavior. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9692022/ /pubmed/36438409 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1045845 Text en Copyright © 2022 Shen, Zhang, Song, Zheng and Bu. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Shen, Yifei Zhang, Zhenduo Song, Haoyang Zheng, Junwei Bu, Qiong Being helpful and being innovative: The role of psychological meaningfulness and positive affect |
title | Being helpful and being innovative: The role of psychological meaningfulness and positive affect |
title_full | Being helpful and being innovative: The role of psychological meaningfulness and positive affect |
title_fullStr | Being helpful and being innovative: The role of psychological meaningfulness and positive affect |
title_full_unstemmed | Being helpful and being innovative: The role of psychological meaningfulness and positive affect |
title_short | Being helpful and being innovative: The role of psychological meaningfulness and positive affect |
title_sort | being helpful and being innovative: the role of psychological meaningfulness and positive affect |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9692022/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36438409 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1045845 |
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