Purpose

This study aims to examine how an employee’s engagement in innovative behavior (IB) can lead to the experience of aggressive actions from other members of an organization and the joint roles of employee in-role performance and task interdependence in this relationship.

Design/methodology/approach

A field study conducted among a diverse sample of employees working in various industries provided converging evidence for the theorized predictions. The sample of 204 full-time employees is included in the analyses.

Findings

The results confirmed that innovative employees can be targets of victimization in an organization and employees’ high in-role performance and high task interdependence jointly moderate the negative relationship between innovative performance and victimization.

Research limitations/implications

The current study should be evaluated in light of some limitations, such as single-source data and the use of cross-sectional data.

Practical implications

It is advised that innovative individuals should accomplish their required duties in highly task-interdependent contexts to avoid harmful responses from peers. Managers should be aware of the potential negative side of IB. The data involving various industries provide evidence for the generalizability of the research findings and conclusions.

Originality/value

This paper advances the understanding of the consequences of creative behavior by examining the unexplored aspect that innovative employees can become victims of peer mistreatments. It also expands the understanding of negative outcomes of engaging in creativity by concurrently examining moderating roles of in-role behavior and task interdependence.

中文翻译：

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激励创新型员工：角色内行为和任务相互依赖的共同作用

目的

这项研究旨在检验员工对创新行为（IB）的参与如何导致组织其他成员采取积极行动的经验以及这种关系中员工角色绩效和任务相互依赖性的共同作用。

设计/方法/方法

在不同行业的不同雇员样本中进行的现场研究为理论上的预测提供了越来越多的证据。分析中包括了204名全职员工的样本。

发现

结果证实，创新型员工可以成为组织中受害的目标，而员工的高角色绩效和高度任务依赖关系共同缓解了创新绩效和受害之间的消极关系。

研究局限/意义

应该根据一些限制对当前研究进行评估，例如单源数据和横截面数据的使用。

实际影响

建议创新型个人应在高度依赖任务的环境中完成其应尽的职责，以避免同行的有害回应。管理人员应意识到IB的潜在负面影响。涉及各个行业的数据为研究结果和结论的普遍性提供了证据。

创意/价值

本文通过研究未开发的方面，即创新型员工可能成为同伴虐待的受害者，来提高对创新行为后果的理解。通过同时检查角色内行为和任务相互依存的调节作用，它还扩展了人们对参与创造力的负面结果的理解。