Perceived Environmental Dynamism Promotes Entrepreneurial Team Member’s Innovation: Explanations Based on the Uncertainty Reduction Theory

Xiao Deng, Xi Guo, Yenchun Jim Wu and Min Chen
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Xiao Deng: Business School, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing 100088, China
Xi Guo: Business School, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing 100088, China
Yenchun Jim Wu: Graduate Institute of Global Business and Strategy, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 10645, Taiwan
Min Chen: Academy of Financial Research, School of Business, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 4, 1-12

Abstract: This study aims to examine the effect of perceived environmental dynamism on entrepreneurial team member’s innovation. Based on the uncertainty reduction theory, this study constructs a multilevel moderated mediation model of the relationship between perceived environmental dynamism and entrepreneurial team member’s innovation. By collecting questionnaires from 117 entrepreneurial team leaders and 479 team members in China, this research found that perceived environmental dynamism could stimulate entrepreneurial team members’ innovation via triggering their information exchange behavior. In addition, entrepreneurial team members’ intolerance for uncertainty and team cooperative climate can moderate the indirect positive relationship between perceived environmental dynamism and individual innovation. Our findings contribute to a better understanding of entrepreneurial team members’ responses to dynamic environment and their innovation behavior.

Keywords: entrepreneurial team; environmental dynamism; individual innovation; uncertainty reduction theory; information exchange behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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