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The Innovation Arena: A Method for Comparing Innovative Problem-Solving Across Groups
Published on: May 13, 2022
How openness to experience drives R&D staff's innovative behavior: a nonlinear mediation and moderation perspective
1School of Business, Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics, Zhengzhou, China.
Introduction:
Openness to experience is widely recognized as a driver of innovation, yet how flow experience mediates this relationship and whether emotional intelligence (EI) moderates it remain underexplored.
Methods:
This study investigates the nonlinear mediating role of flow between openness and innovation behavior, and EI's moderating effect, using quantitative data from 475 R&D professionals (male, 75.16%; female, 24.84%).
Results:
Results reveal a curvilinear mediation: moderate flow enhances innovation, but excessive flow diminishes it. EI buffers this relationship, enabling sustained innovation under high flow intensity.
Discussion:
The findings highlight the need to manage flow dynamics and underscore EI as a critical factor for fostering innovation in R&D contexts, offering practical insights for organizational creativity management.
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