Indigenous cultural nuances such as age-related hierarchies in South Korea have the potential to impact workers’ engagement in innovation-related behaviors (IRBs). We use self-categorization theory to examine both the relationship between employee age and IRBs and the cross-level interaction effects of team psychological safety climate. Using a multilevel sample of 282 South Korean employees working in 65 teams across 45 different organizations in various industries, we find that team psychological safety climate moderates the relationship between age and engaging in IRBs. More specifically, we find that when teams have a weaker psychological safety climate, age is positively related to engaging in IRBs. However, when teams have a stronger psychological safety climate, age is not related to engaging in IRBs. We discuss the implications of these findings for innovation and managing work teams in Eastern contexts.

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团队心理安全氛围对于增强韩国年轻团队成员创新相关行为的重要性

韩国的与年龄相关的阶层等土著文化差异可能会影响工人参与与创新相关的行为（IRB）的活动。我们使用自我分类理论来研究员工年龄和IRB之间的关系以及团队心理安全气氛的跨层次交互作用。使用来自282个韩国员工的多层次样本，这些员工在各个行业的45个不同组织中的65个团队中工作，我们发现团队心理安全气氛减轻了年龄与参与IRB的关系。更具体地说，我们发现，当团队的心理安全气氛较弱时，年龄与参与IRB呈正相关。但是，当团队的心理安全气氛更强时，年龄与参与IRB无关。