Research on the mechanism of knowledge workers’ dual work passion on innovative behavior

Abstract

By integrating conservation of resources theory and the perspective of resource flow across domains, this study had hypothesized and examined how dual work passion impact innovation behavior via work-family facilitation/conflict and thriving at work. Through empirical analysis of data from 489 knowledge workers in China at two time points, our results showed that Knowledge workers’ harmonious work passion had a direct significant positive effect on innovative behavior. Knowledge workers’ obsessive work passion had a significant positive effect on work-family conflict, and it also had a significant indirectly negative effect on innovative behavior through the chain mediating effect of work-family conflict and thriving at work. These findings lay a foundation for understanding the relationships between knowledge workers’ dual work passion and innovative behavior.

Keywords:

• Dual work passion
• work-family relation
• thriving at work
• innovative behavior
• conservation of resources theory

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank the Editor Huadong Yang and anonymous Reviewers for their constructive feedback on our manuscript.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author, upon reasonable request.

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Funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Fund of China [grant numbers 72172032], the National Social Science Fund of China [grant numbers 19BGL043 and 21BGL051], the Ministry of Education of Humanities and Social Science Project [grant numbers 20YJA630060], and the Natural Science Fund of Hainan High-level Talent Project [grant number 722RC737].