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Can Leader Affiliative Humor Promote Employees' Bootleg Innovation? A Moderated Chain Mediation Model

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Title: Can Leader Affiliative Humor Promote Employees' Bootleg Innovation? A Moderated Chain Mediation Model
Language: English
Authors: Hui Wang (ORCID 0000-0001-6372-7838), Min Zhang, Jian Zhu
Source: Journal of Creative Behavior. 2025 59(2).
Availability: Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 16
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Humor, Employees, Innovation, Social Exchange Theory, Foreign Countries, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship
Geographic Terms: China
DOI: 10.1002/jocb.70016
ISSN: 0022-0175
2162-6057
Abstract: Drawing on social exchange theory and social information processing theory, this study constructs a moderated chain mediation model to test the impact of leader affiliative humor on employees' bootleg innovation. Based on a sample of 264 employees from Chinese companies, this study used SPSS 26.0 and MPLUS 8.3 to examine the hypotheses. Empirical results demonstrate that (a) leader affiliative humor is directly and positively related to employees' bootleg innovation; (b) supervisor-subordinate affective guanxi and psychological safety serve as mediators between leader affiliative humor and employees' bootleg innovation; (c) supervisor-subordinate affective guanxi and psychological safety function as chained mediators between leader affiliative humor and employees' bootleg innovation; and (d) personal need for structure negatively moderates the effect of leader affiliative humor on supervisor-subordinate affective guanxi and psychological safety, and negatively moderates the mediating effect of supervisor-subordinate affective guanxi on the relationship between leader affiliative humor and employees' bootleg innovation.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2025
Accession Number: EJ1474492
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Drawing on social exchange theory and social information processing theory, this study constructs a moderated chain mediation model to test the impact of leader affiliative humor on employees' bootleg innovation. Based on a sample of 264 employees from Chinese companies, this study used SPSS 26.0 and MPLUS 8.3 to examine the hypotheses. Empirical results demonstrate that (a) leader affiliative humor is directly and positively related to employees' bootleg innovation; (b) supervisor-subordinate affective guanxi and psychological safety serve as mediators between leader affiliative humor and employees' bootleg innovation; (c) supervisor-subordinate affective guanxi and psychological safety function as chained mediators between leader affiliative humor and employees' bootleg innovation; and (d) personal need for structure negatively moderates the effect of leader affiliative humor on supervisor-subordinate affective guanxi and psychological safety, and negatively moderates the mediating effect of supervisor-subordinate affective guanxi on the relationship between leader affiliative humor and employees' bootleg innovation.
ISSN:0022-0175
2162-6057
DOI:10.1002/jocb.70016