Research on the Impact of Challenge-Hindrance Stress on Employees' Innovation Performance: A Chain Mediation Model

Wei Cai; Chao Xu; Shengxian Yu; Xiaoxiao Gong

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.745259

Research on the Impact of Challenge-Hindrance Stress on Employees' Innovation Performance: A Chain Mediation Model

Front Psychol. 2022 Apr 5:13:745259. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.745259. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Wei Cai¹, Chao Xu², Shengxian Yu³, Xiaoxiao Gong⁴

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
² School of Finance, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan, China.
³ School of Business Administration, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
⁴ School of Business Administration, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China.

Abstract

Based on the transaction theory of stress and the theory of resource conservation, which introduces knowledge acquisition and intrinsic motivation as mediating variables, a chain mediating model for the influence of challenge-hindrance stress on innovation performance is constructed. Data of 295 samples collected in three stages were used to testify hypothesis. The results confirmed a positive relationship between challenge stress and innovation performance, and a negative relationship between hindrance stress and innovation performance. Intrinsic motivation and knowledge acquisition play a parallel and chain mediating role in the relationship between challenge-hindrance stress and innovation performance. These findings contribute to a deeper understanding of how challenge -hindrance stress affects innovation performance and provide important practical guidance for improving innovation performance.

Keywords: challenge stress; hindrance stress; innovation performance; intrinsic motivation; knowledge acquisition.