How does perceived overqualification promote employees' creative deviance: The role of leadership emergence and job autonomy.

Inspiring the creative potential of overqualified employees can facilitate a mutually beneficial outcome for both the company and the employees. However, further investigation is required to ascertain how to stimulate the perceived overqualification of employees to carry out creative deviance. Drawing upon role theory, this study explores the impact mechanism of perceived overqualification on employee creative deviance, with leadership emergence as the mediating variable, and further examines the moderating role of job autonomy. Adopting a two-stage design, 362 valid data samples were collected from various companies, and analysis was conducted using partial least squares structural equation modeling. The results indicate a positive correlation between perceived overqualification and creative deviance. Perceived overqualification not only positively influences leadership emergence but it also indirectly affects creative deviance through leadership emergence. Furthermore, when individuals with perceived overqualification and possess a greater level of job autonomy, they are more likely to engage in creative deviant behavior. The findings contribute to understanding the mediating mechanisms and boundary conditions of employees' perceived overqualification influencing creative deviance from a positive perspective, offering valuable managerial insights for organizations.

The positive side of stress: Investigating the impact of challenge stressors on innovative behavior in higher education.

Stress can be a double-edged sword. Given the intricacy of the innovation process, the link between job stress and individual innovation behavior remains uncertain. To clarify the relationship between challenge stressors and the innovative behavior of higher education teachers, this study was based on the conservation of resources (COR) theory and adopted the structural equation modeling method to explore the impact of challenge stressors on the innovative behavior of higher education teachers and reveal its influencing mechanism and boundary conditions. By analyzing the data from 208 questionnaires of higher education teachers, the findings reveal that challenge stressors positively influence innovative behavior, with task crafting serving as a critical bridge. Additionally, a favorable employment relationship climate enhances the positive impact of challenge stressors. Gender dynamics are also explored, adding nuance to the understanding of this relationship. These results shed light on the inherent mechanisms governing the relationship between challenge stressors and innovative behavior among higher education teachers, and underscore the significance of task crafting. In addition, the discoveries provided fresh insights and ideas for investigating how organizational climate affects individual innovative behavior.

Understanding the effect of proactive personality and perceived consumer effectiveness on low-carbon travel intention.

Choosing low-carbon transportation is an effective strategy for mitigating carbon emissions. This study utilized the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) framework to investigate the influences of proactive personality and perceived consumer effectiveness on low-carbon travel intention. By surveying urban residents, we examined the effects of subjective norm, behavioral attitude, perceived behavioral control, proactive personality, and perceived consumer effectiveness on low-carbon travel intention. The findings indicated that subjective norm, behavioral attitude, perceived behavioral control, proactive personality, and perceived consumer effectiveness have positive impacts on low-carbon travel intention. Notably, subjective norms have the greatest influence on behavioral intention, followed by proactive personality, while perceived consumer effectiveness has the least impact. Furthermore, this study identified attitude and perceived behavioral control as mediating factors between proactive personality, perceived consumer effectiveness, and low-carbon travel intentions. These findings reaffirmed the universal applicability of the TPB in individual decision-making contexts. The results also suggested that to promote low-carbon travel, it is crucial to not only focus on the social aspects of urban residents but also leverage the potential of individuals with a proactive personality.