The goal of this study is to examine knowledge sharing as a boundary condition under which employee innovation can be enhanced in response to the job stress induced by the COVID-19 pandemic. We argue that when stressed employees share knowledge, they can expand their knowledge base and thereby enhance their innovative potential. Consistent with our hypothesis, multiple regression analysis results based on a sample of 61 R&D employees of UK and US technology-based firms show that knowledge sharing moderated the relationship between COVID-19-induced job stress and employee innovation, such that the relationship was negative when knowledge sharing was lower but became positive when knowledge sharing was higher. These findings highlight the importance of investing in knowledge-based resources to promote innovation behavior at work during a pandemic.

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大流行时期的创新：知识共享对 COVID-19 引起的工作压力与员工创新之间关系的调节作用

本研究的目的是将知识共享视为一种边界条件，在这种条件下，员工创新可以增强，以应对 COVID-19 大流行引起的工作压力。我们认为，当压力大的员工分享知识时，他们可以扩大他们的知识基础，从而增强他们的创新潜力。与我们的假设一致，基于英国和美国科技公司的 61 名研发员工样本的多元回归分析结果表明，知识共享缓和了 COVID-19 引起的工作压力与员工创新之间的关系，因此该关系为负当知识共享较低时，当知识共享较高时变为正。