Perceived Organizational Support and Creativity of Science-Technology Talents in the Digital Age: The Effects of Affective Commitment, Innovative Self-Efficacy and Digital Thinking
Hongying Yang, Dahui Zhou School of Business and Tourism Management, Yunnan University, Kunming, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Dahui Zhou, School of Business and Tourism Management, Yunnan University, Kunming, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 183 1378 3472, Email dahuizhou@mail.ynu.ed...
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| description | Hongying Yang, Dahui Zhou School of Business and Tourism Management, Yunnan University, Kunming, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Dahui Zhou, School of Business and Tourism Management, Yunnan University, Kunming, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 183 1378 3472, Email dahuizhou@mail.ynu.edu.cnBackground: The impact of perceived organizational support on the creativity of science-technology talents in the digital era is an important domain for fostering innovation power and the long-term competitive advantage of enterprises. The main purpose of this study is to reveal the “black box” mechanism of perceived organizational support on the creativity of science-technology talents in the digital environment, guide enterprises to attach importance to perceived organizational support and enhance the creativity of science-technology talents.Methods: Based on resource conservation theory and social exchange theory, this study took the science-technology talents of Chinese high-tech enterprises as the research object, combined 380 matching data of science-technology talents and supervisors, and used AMOS, MPLUS, and SPSS software to test all hypotheses.Results: Perceived organizational support has a significant positive impact on the creativity of science-technology talents, affective commitment and innovative self-efficacy. Affective commitment and innovative self-efficacy have significant positive effects on the creativity of science-technology talents. Digital thinking positively moderates the relationship between perceived organizational support and affective commitment, innovative self-efficacy. Affective commitment and innovative self-efficacy play a moderated mediation role between perceived organizational support and the creativity of science-technology talents.Conclusion: Perceived organizational support promotes the creativity of science-technology talents through affective commitment and innovative self-efficacy, which is moderated by digital thinking. These findings not only help deepen and expand the theoretical research on perceived organizational support and creativity, but also inspire managers to guide science-technology talents to work creatively from the aspects of affective commitment, innovative self-efficacy and digital thinking.Keywords: perceived organizational support, talent creativity, affective commitment, innovative self-efficacy, digital thinking |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8a6eb433c5a94f32a0bce5df52067d1d2022-12-22T04:02:22ZengDove Medical PressPsychology Research and Behavior Management1179-15782022-09-01Volume 152421243777956Perceived Organizational Support and Creativity of Science-Technology Talents in the Digital Age: The Effects of Affective Commitment, Innovative Self-Efficacy and Digital ThinkingYang HZhou DHongying Yang, Dahui Zhou School of Business and Tourism Management, Yunnan University, Kunming, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Dahui Zhou, School of Business and Tourism Management, Yunnan University, Kunming, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 183 1378 3472, Email dahuizhou@mail.ynu.edu.cnBackground: The impact of perceived organizational support on the creativity of science-technology talents in the digital era is an important domain for fostering innovation power and the long-term competitive advantage of enterprises. The main purpose of this study is to reveal the “black box” mechanism of perceived organizational support on the creativity of science-technology talents in the digital environment, guide enterprises to attach importance to perceived organizational support and enhance the creativity of science-technology talents.Methods: Based on resource conservation theory and social exchange theory, this study took the science-technology talents of Chinese high-tech enterprises as the research object, combined 380 matching data of science-technology talents and supervisors, and used AMOS, MPLUS, and SPSS software to test all hypotheses.Results: Perceived organizational support has a significant positive impact on the creativity of science-technology talents, affective commitment and innovative self-efficacy. Affective commitment and innovative self-efficacy have significant positive effects on the creativity of science-technology talents. Digital thinking positively moderates the relationship between perceived organizational support and affective commitment, innovative self-efficacy. Affective commitment and innovative self-efficacy play a moderated mediation role between perceived organizational support and the creativity of science-technology talents.Conclusion: Perceived organizational support promotes the creativity of science-technology talents through affective commitment and innovative self-efficacy, which is moderated by digital thinking. These findings not only help deepen and expand the theoretical research on perceived organizational support and creativity, but also inspire managers to guide science-technology talents to work creatively from the aspects of affective commitment, innovative self-efficacy and digital thinking.Keywords: perceived organizational support, talent creativity, affective commitment, innovative self-efficacy, digital thinkinghttps://www.dovepress.com/perceived-organizational-support-and-creativity-of-science-technology--peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-PRBMperceived organizational supporttalent creativityaffective commitmentinnovative self-efficacydigital thinking |
| spellingShingle | Yang H Zhou D Perceived Organizational Support and Creativity of Science-Technology Talents in the Digital Age: The Effects of Affective Commitment, Innovative Self-Efficacy and Digital Thinking Psychology Research and Behavior Management perceived organizational support talent creativity affective commitment innovative self-efficacy digital thinking |
| title | Perceived Organizational Support and Creativity of Science-Technology Talents in the Digital Age: The Effects of Affective Commitment, Innovative Self-Efficacy and Digital Thinking |
| title_full | Perceived Organizational Support and Creativity of Science-Technology Talents in the Digital Age: The Effects of Affective Commitment, Innovative Self-Efficacy and Digital Thinking |
| title_fullStr | Perceived Organizational Support and Creativity of Science-Technology Talents in the Digital Age: The Effects of Affective Commitment, Innovative Self-Efficacy and Digital Thinking |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perceived Organizational Support and Creativity of Science-Technology Talents in the Digital Age: The Effects of Affective Commitment, Innovative Self-Efficacy and Digital Thinking |
| title_short | Perceived Organizational Support and Creativity of Science-Technology Talents in the Digital Age: The Effects of Affective Commitment, Innovative Self-Efficacy and Digital Thinking |
| title_sort | perceived organizational support and creativity of science technology talents in the digital age the effects of affective commitment innovative self efficacy and digital thinking |
| topic | perceived organizational support talent creativity affective commitment innovative self-efficacy digital thinking |
| url | https://www.dovepress.com/perceived-organizational-support-and-creativity-of-science-technology--peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-PRBM |
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