Zeng Xiangfei, Cao Mengyan, Hu Jingjing, Zhang Wenpei
School of Business, Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan, China.
Front Psychol. 2024 Oct 29;15:1378056. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1378056. eCollection 2024.
With the rapid advancement of the technology industry, particularly in STEM fields, female professionals have increasingly become key drivers of innovation. Despite this, existing research has seldom examined the psychological impact of informal control on their innovation performance. Therefore, this study distributed questionnaires to female technology professionals in China's STEM field to investigate the effect of informal control on their innovation performance from a psychological perspective. It further explored the mediating role of role pressure and the moderating role of environmental turbulence in this relationship.
This study primarily utilized AMOS 24.0 to develop structural equation models, and employed PROCESS 24.0 and SPSS 26.0 for data analysis purposes.
The findings reveal that informal control positively predicted the innovation performance of female technology professionals in STEM field. Role pressure partially mediates this relationship, while environmental turbulence positively moderates the relationship between informal control and innovation performance among female technology professionals in STEM field.
Theoretically, this research enriches the individual-level approaches to enhancing management control effectiveness. Practically, it aids managers in focusing on the psychological well-being of female technology professionals in STEM field, thereby facilitating the judicious selection of management control methods. The study's conclusions aim to provide logical guidance for enterprises to further strengthen their attention and support for female technology professionals in STEM field. Simultaneously, it offers a theoretical foundation for enhancing their innovative capabilities.
随着科技行业的迅速发展，尤其是在科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）领域，女性专业人员日益成为创新的关键驱动力。尽管如此，现有研究很少考察非正式控制对其创新绩效的心理影响。因此，本研究向中国STEM领域的女性技术专业人员发放问卷，从心理学角度调查非正式控制对其创新绩效的影响。本研究进一步探讨了角色压力的中介作用以及环境动荡在这种关系中的调节作用。
本研究主要利用AMOS 24.0建立结构方程模型，并使用PROCESS 24.0和SPSS 26.0进行数据分析。
研究结果表明，非正式控制正向预测了STEM领域女性技术专业人员的创新绩效。角色压力部分中介了这种关系，而环境动荡正向调节了STEM领域女性技术专业人员的非正式控制与创新绩效之间的关系。
从理论上讲，本研究丰富了提高管理控制有效性的个体层面方法。在实践中，它有助于管理者关注STEM领域女性技术专业人员的心理健康，从而促进明智地选择管理控制方法。该研究的结论旨在为企业进一步加强对STEM领域女性技术专业人员的关注和支持提供逻辑指导。同时，它为提高她们的创新能力提供了理论基础。
