Study of the relationship between personorganization fit and innovation behavior : mediating effect of workplace spirituality and moderating effect of inclusive leadership

Abstract

Because Chinese AI enterprise technology and R&D personnel's identification with organizational values has a huge impact on innovation behavior, human-organization fit is closely related to employee innovation behavior. Consequently, the purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between human and organizational fit and innovation behavior of Chinese AI enterprise technology and R&D personnel, as well as the mediating and moderating effect between workplace spirituality and inclusive leadership. The samples were collected from technical and R&D personnel in nine artificial intelligence enterprises in Beijing, China, using a random sampling method, total of 526 valid questionnaires were collected. The results showed that: 1) the human-organization fit of technology and R&D personnel has a significant positive impact on innovation behavior; 2) the human-organization fit of technology and R&D personnel has a significant positive impact on workplace spirituality; 3) the workplace spirituality of technology and R&D personnel has a significant positive impact on innovation behavior; 4) the workplace spirituality of technology and R&D personnel has a mediating effect on innovation behavior in human-organization fit; and 5) inclusive leadership has a positive moderating effect on the innovation behavior of technology and R&D personnel in terms of the fit between people and organizations. The results of this study indicated that technology and R&D personnel's identification with organizational values requires not only the workplace spirit of inner experience but also inclusive leadership with encouragement and support in order to fully enhance innovative behavior