This study constructs a double-path chain mediation model and explores the double-edged sword effect of leader digital competence on employees' proactive innovative behaviors.
Hierarchical regression methodology is used to analyze two-stage questionnaire survey data from 303 employees.
Leader digital competence has a positive impact on employees’ proactive innovative behaviors through challenge appraisal and thriving at work but a negative impact through hindrance appraisal and work alienation. Growth need strength moderates these relationships.
This study explores the influence mechanism of leader digital competence on employees’ proactive innovation behavior, breaks through the limitation of a single perspective that only focuses on its positive effects and provides a more comprehensive and dialectical perspective for relevant studies on leader digital competence.
