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HYPOTHESIS AND THEORY article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Educational Psychology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1497503
This article is part of the Research Topic Innovative ICT Strategies for Inclusive Education: Enhancing Teacher Competencies and Student Engagement View all articles

The Impact of Collaborative Atmosphere on Innovative Work Behavior of College Teachers, North China

Provisionally accepted
Qian Liu Qian Liu *Yu Sun Yu Sun
  • Hengshui University, Hengshui, China

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    This study aims to explore the relationship between the collaborative climate and innovative work behavior of university educators, as well as the mediating effect of knowledge sharing, in order to provide an important theoretical basis for universities to better promote innovative work behavior. This study adopts questionnaire survey method and semi-structured interview method. In the questionnaire survey stage, this study uses 473 in-service educators in colleges and universities as the research objects; in the interview stage, this study uses 8 in-service educators as the research objects. The results of the questionnaire study prove that educators' cooperation atmosphere has a significant positive impact on innovative work behavior, educators' collaborative climate has a significant positive impact on knowledge sharing, knowledge sharing has a significant positive impact on innovative work behavior, and knowledge sharing has a significant positive impact on teachers' collaborative climate. There is a significant mediating effect on employees' innovative work behavior. The interview results found that a positive collaborative climate within universities can influence teachers' innovative work behavior through three channels: colleague support, management resource provision, and academic freedom encouragement.

    Keywords: Collaborative climate, Educators' Innovative Work Behavior, Knowledge sharing, Knowledge Management, Chinese teacher

    Received: 17 Sep 2024; Accepted: 27 Dec 2024.

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    * Correspondence: Qian Liu, Hengshui University, Hengshui, China

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