| dc.description.abstract | Innovation is the progressive force for enterprises. How enterprises can effectively stimulate employee creativity is also a reoccurring topic. Despite the fact that there are many studies on the impact of internal and external factors on employee innovation, few studies focus on the connection between internal and external factors and employees′ innovative behaviors. In this study, using oriental contradictory leadership behavior as a variable, employee innovation as a change factor, and innovative personality characteristics - fuzzy tolerance and openness to experiences, as well as individual psychological factors - contradictory thinking as intermediate variable, to explore the connecting factors and influences of contradictory leadership behavior and employee innovation process.
In this study, data was collected using matching questionnaires for managers and employees within the region of Taiwan. 669 valid matching samples were obtained. According to the results, manager’s contradictory leadership is clearly correlated to employee’s vague tolerance, openness to experiences, and contradictory thinking. However, these intermediate variables may not be able to further the association between manager’s contradictory leadership and employees’ innovative behaviors. The results of this comprehensive study show that manager’s leadership behavior has a certain unconscious influence on employees’ behaviors and thinking. But manager’s contradictory behavior can only initiate employee innovation, the key development of innovation process depends on employee’s personal experiences and reactions. | en_US |