The Effect of Mindful Leadership on Employee Innovative Behavior: Evidence from the Healthcare Sectors in China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Background and Hypotheses Development
2.1. Mindful Leadership and Employee Innovative Behavior
2.2. The Mediating Role of Creative Process Engagement
2.3. The Moderating Role of Creative Self-Efficacy
3. Methods
3.1. Procedures and Sample
3.2. Measures
4. Results
4.1. Common Method Bias
4.2. Confirmatory Factor Analysis
4.3. Descriptive Analysis
4.4. Hypothesis Testing
5. Conclusions and Discussions
5.1. Conclusions
5.2. Theoretical Implications
5.3. Practical Implications
5.4. Limitations and Future Research Directions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Model | χ2/df(df) | GFI | CFI | NFI | RMSEA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Model 1: ML; CSE; CPE; EIB | 2.577(269) | 0.909 | 0.932 | 0.924 | 0.069 |
Model 2: ML; CSE + CPE; EIB | 4.027(272) | 0.781 | 0.885 | 0.854 | 0.092 |
Model 3: ML; CSE; EIB + CPE | 4.566(272) | 0.747 | 0.865 | 0.834 | 0.100 |
Model 4: ML; CSE + EIB + CPE | 6.121(274) | 0.697 | 0.755 | 0.730 | 0.103 |
Model 5: ML + CSE + CPE + EIB | 8.255(275) | 0.598 | 0.723 | 0.698 | 0.142 |
Variables | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Gender | |||||||
2. Age | −0.12 | ||||||
3. Educational level | 0.08 | 0.10 | |||||
4. Mindful leadership | −0.07 | −0.14 | −0.05 | ||||
5. Creative self-efficacy | 0.02 | −0.08 | 0.01 | 0.38 ** | |||
6. Creative process engagement | −0.07 | −0.07 | 0.03 | 0.47 ** | 0.74 ** | ||
7. Employee innovative behavior | −0.06 | −0.02 | 0.02 | 0.45 ** | 0.69 ** | 0.68 ** | |
Mean | --- | 3.55 | 2.84 | 3.30 | 3.93 | 3.95 | 3.94 |
Standard deviations | --- | 1.47 | 0.79 | 0.79 | 0.58 | 0.51 | 0.53 |
Dependent Variables | Creative Process Engagement (M1) | Employee Innovative Behavior (M2) | ||||
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Measures | β(SE) | t | p | β(SE) | t | p |
Gender | −0.07(0.05) | 0.87 | 0.387 | 0.01 (0.04) | 1.168 | 0.284 |
Age | −0.01(0.02) | −0.47 | 0.637 | 0.02 (0.01) | 1.335 | 0.183 |
Educational level | 0.02(0.03) | 1.048 | 0.295 | −0.01 (0.02) | 0.331 | 0.741 |
Mindful leadership | 0.67(0.03) | 7.34 | 0.000 | 0.33 (0.03) | 5.593 | 0.000 |
Creative process engagement | 0.63 (0.04) | 15.968 | 0.000 | |||
Index of Mediation | index (SE) | LLCI | ULCI | |||
0.2280 | 0.03 | 0.1662 | 0.2932 |
Dependent Variables | Creative Process Engagement (M3) | ||
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Measures | β (SE) | t | p |
Gender | −0.06 (0.05) | 0.71 | 0.480 |
Age | −0.01 (0.02) | 0.55 | 0.582 |
Educational level | 0.03 (0.03) | 0.86 | 0.390 |
Mindful leadership | 0.10 (0.03) | 3.30 | 0.001 |
creative self-efficacy | 0.29 (0.04) | 4.09 | 0.000 |
Mindful leadership * creative self-efficacy | 0.06 (0.03) | 3.57 | 0.000 |
Index of moderated Mediation | Index (SE) | LLCI | ULCI |
0.0948 (Low CSE) | 0.03 | 0.0322 | 0.1523 |
0.1075 (Medium CSE) | 0.02 | 0.0657 | 0.1489 |
0.1139 (High CSE) | 0.02 | 0.0688 | 0.1575 |
0.0191 (Diff CSE) | 0.01 | 0.0162 | 0.0791 |
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Zheng, M.; Xu, Z.; Qu, Y. The Effect of Mindful Leadership on Employee Innovative Behavior: Evidence from the Healthcare Sectors in China. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 12263. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912263
Zheng M, Xu Z, Qu Y. The Effect of Mindful Leadership on Employee Innovative Behavior: Evidence from the Healthcare Sectors in China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(19):12263. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912263
Chicago/Turabian StyleZheng, Min, Zhenting Xu, and Yiying Qu. 2022. "The Effect of Mindful Leadership on Employee Innovative Behavior: Evidence from the Healthcare Sectors in China" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 19: 12263. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912263