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5638With the rapid development of Internet communication information technology, more and more enterprises begin to popularize the remote working mode. Compared with traditional jobs, are remote jobs really more conducive to employees’ deviant innovation behavior? Previous studies on the influencing factors of deviant innovation behavior mainly focus on organizational factors, leadership factors, personal factors of employees, etc. For the first time, this study focuses on the relationship between the work environment of organization isolation of remote jobs and employees’ deviant innovation behavior. Based on the survey data of 231 remote employees in two phases and hypothesis model test analysis, this study reveals the internal influence mechanism of remote jobs on employees’ deviant innovation behavior. The main conclusions of this study are as follows: Firstly, compared with traditional jobs, the characteristics of the job autonomy environment created by the organizational isolation of remote jobs reduce the organizational binding force and interpersonal pressure of employees’ deviant innovation behavior, promote the related psychological state or reaction of remote employees’ deviant innovation, and then promote the deviant innovation behavior of remote employees. The organizational isolation of remote jobs has a significant positive impact on the deviant innovation behavior of remote employees, and job autonomy plays a completely mediating role between the organizational isolation of remote jobs and the deviant innovation behavior of remote employees. Secondly, the deviant innovation behavior has the characteristics of challenging the current situation and improving the performance orientation. It has certain requirements for the ability quality and cognitive awareness of the innovation behavior individuals who work alone in remote places. Creative efficacy and organizational commitment play a positive regulatory role in the relationship between job autonomy and employees’ deviant innovation behavior. When creative efficacy and organizational commitment are low, the indirect effect of organizational isolation of remote jobs on employees’ deviant innovation behavior by job autonomy is not significant. The significance of theoretical innovation of this paper lies in two aspects: （1） It reveals the mechanism of the work environment of remote jobs on employees’ deviant innovation behavior, and expands the relevant research on the theory of deviant innovation behavior; （2） Taking individual characteristics as situational variables, it focuses on the differences of creative efficacy and organizational commitment, and answers the controversial reasons and boundary conditions of the influence of remote jobs on the effectiveness of employees’ deviant innovation behavior. The study results enrich the theoretical research and practical exploration of remote employee management and innovation management in the Internet era.
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Foreign Economics & Management
LiZengquan, Editor-in-Chief
ZhengChunrong, Vice Executive Editor-in-Chief
YinHuifang HeXiaogang LiuJianguo, Vice Editor-in-Chief
“Outside, the Monarch’s Order May Not Be Accepted”: Are Remote Jobs Really Conducive to Employees’ Deviant Innovation Behavior?
Foreign Economics & Management Vol. 42, Issue 04, pp. 36 - 47 (2020) DOI:10.16538/j.cnki.fem.20200203.302
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Xiao Zhiming. “Outside, the Monarch’s Order May Not Be Accepted”: Are Remote Jobs Really Conducive to Employees’ Deviant Innovation Behavior?[J]. Foreign Economics & Management, 2020, 42(4): 36-47.
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