Can Cultural Intelligence Affect Employee’s Innovative Behavior? Evidence From Chinese Migrant Workers in South Korea
This empirical study explores the effect of cultural intelligence (CQ) on migrant workers’ innovative behavior, as well as the mediating role of knowledge sharing on the CQ-innovative behavior relationship. Besides, it also examines the extent to which the mediating process is moderated by climate f...
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| description | This empirical study explores the effect of cultural intelligence (CQ) on migrant workers’ innovative behavior, as well as the mediating role of knowledge sharing on the CQ-innovative behavior relationship. Besides, it also examines the extent to which the mediating process is moderated by climate for inclusion. Using survey data collected from Chinese migrant workers and their supervisors working in South Korea (n = 386), migrant workers’ CQ is found to positively impact their innovative behavior through enhanced knowledge sharing. However, it is observed that this indirect relationship is significant, only for migrant workers in a strong climate for inclusion. Thus, these findings reveal the underlying mediation and moderation mechanism and consequently unveil the important role of migrant workers’ CQ in shaping their behavior. This study provides insightful and practical implications to a multicultural organization, where culturally diverse migrant workers work together. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5b528fe222064dca8e4f5015588704052022-12-21T19:21:56ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782020-09-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.559246559246Can Cultural Intelligence Affect Employee’s Innovative Behavior? Evidence From Chinese Migrant Workers in South KoreaPeng Fan0Yixiao Song1Surya Nepal2HyoungTaek Lee3Department of International Business and Management, School of Economics and Management, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, ChinaDepartment of Human Resource Management, School of Business Administration, Guangdong University of Finance and Economics, Guangdong, ChinaDepartment of Business Administration, Changwon National University, Changwon, South KoreaDepartment of International Business, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, South KoreaThis empirical study explores the effect of cultural intelligence (CQ) on migrant workers’ innovative behavior, as well as the mediating role of knowledge sharing on the CQ-innovative behavior relationship. Besides, it also examines the extent to which the mediating process is moderated by climate for inclusion. Using survey data collected from Chinese migrant workers and their supervisors working in South Korea (n = 386), migrant workers’ CQ is found to positively impact their innovative behavior through enhanced knowledge sharing. However, it is observed that this indirect relationship is significant, only for migrant workers in a strong climate for inclusion. Thus, these findings reveal the underlying mediation and moderation mechanism and consequently unveil the important role of migrant workers’ CQ in shaping their behavior. This study provides insightful and practical implications to a multicultural organization, where culturally diverse migrant workers work together.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.559246/fullChinese migrant workersclimate for inclusioncultural intelligenceknowledge sharinginnovative behavior |
| spellingShingle | Peng Fan Yixiao Song Surya Nepal HyoungTaek Lee Can Cultural Intelligence Affect Employee’s Innovative Behavior? Evidence From Chinese Migrant Workers in South Korea Frontiers in Psychology Chinese migrant workers climate for inclusion cultural intelligence knowledge sharing innovative behavior |
| title | Can Cultural Intelligence Affect Employee’s Innovative Behavior? Evidence From Chinese Migrant Workers in South Korea |
| title_full | Can Cultural Intelligence Affect Employee’s Innovative Behavior? Evidence From Chinese Migrant Workers in South Korea |
| title_fullStr | Can Cultural Intelligence Affect Employee’s Innovative Behavior? Evidence From Chinese Migrant Workers in South Korea |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can Cultural Intelligence Affect Employee’s Innovative Behavior? Evidence From Chinese Migrant Workers in South Korea |
| title_short | Can Cultural Intelligence Affect Employee’s Innovative Behavior? Evidence From Chinese Migrant Workers in South Korea |
| title_sort | can cultural intelligence affect employee s innovative behavior evidence from chinese migrant workers in south korea |
| topic | Chinese migrant workers climate for inclusion cultural intelligence knowledge sharing innovative behavior |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.559246/full |
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