Impact of Organizational Innovation Atmosphere on Librarians' Innovation Behavior:Taking Innovation Self-Efficacy as the Intermediary

Abstract

[Purpose/Significance] Centering on the problem of "how to stimulate the innovative behavior of librarians", based on the three-way interaction theory of social cognition and taking the innovative self-efficacy as the intermediary variable, this paper explores the influencing factors of the innovative behavior of librarians, with the purpose of providing theoretical references for the guidance and promotion of the innovative behavior of university librarians.[Method/Process] By combing and referring to domestic and international literature on the relationship between organizational innovation atmosphere and employee innovation behavior, and combining with the specific working environment of university libraries, the corresponding conceptual model was constructed. A questionnaire survey was conducted among 645 librarians in different types of university libraries in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei. SPSS and AMOS were used for analysis and hypothesis verification.[Results/Conclusions] It is found that the organizational innovation atmosphere of a library exerts not only a direct impact on the innovation behavior of librarians, but also indirect impact on the innovation behavior of librarians through the mediating effect of innovation self-efficacy. This not only enriches the relevant research on organizational innovation atmosphere and employee innovation behavior, but also provides some references for the organizational innovation management of university libraries.

Keywords

• librarian|organizational innovation atmosphere|innovation behavior|innovative self-efficacy