The Impact of Mentoring Relationships on Innovation Performance of Post-90s Employees: A Dual-Path Model of Cognition and Affect

Miaomiao Li (), Zehui Jin, Ganli Liao, Jielin Yin and Qichao Zhang
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Miaomiao Li: School of Economics and Management, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing 100092, China
Zehui Jin: School of Economics and Management, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing 100092, China
Ganli Liao: School of Economics and Management, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing 100092, China
Jielin Yin: School of Economics and Management, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing 100092, China
Qichao Zhang: School of Economics and Management, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing 100092, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 18, 1-18

Abstract: (1) Background: In recent years, post-90s employees have emerged as the driving force behind enterprise innovation, presenting unique challenges for innovation management. Their distinct characteristics and attitudes towards work require a thoughtful and adaptable approach from businesses to harness their potential effectively; (2) Methods: through empirical analysis of 518 valid samples in the Chinese context, with SPSS 26.0 and PROCESS V4.1 being used for the analysis, and to test the moderated mediation model; (3) Results: a. Mentoring relationships positively predict innovation performance; b. This relationship is mediated by role stress (cognition) and job vigor (affect); c. Innovative self-efficacy negatively moderates the impact of role stress on innovation performance and positively moderates the impact of job vigor on innovation performance; d. Moreover, innovative self-efficacy significantly moderates the mediating effect of role stress and job vigor, and the moderated mediating model is established; (4) Conclusions: Our findings reveal the “black box” of mentoring relationships in the process of influencing the innovation performance of post-90s employees, an area that has received limited research attention. This study further reveals the boundary effect of innovative self-efficacy.

Keywords: innovation performance; innovative self-efficacy; post 90s; mentoring relationship; dual-path; job vigor; role stress (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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