Luo Yu, Gu Yinhua, Huang Yalin, Liu Ting
School of Management Science, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, 610059, People's Republic of China.
Research Centre for Oriental Management Psychology and Behavioural Science, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, 610059, People's Republic of China.
BMC Psychol. 2025 May 17;13(1):515. doi: 10.1186/s40359-025-02851-5.
Enhancing the sense of work gain serves as a crucial approach to invigorating S&T innovators. However, there is currently a lack of specialised instruments for measuring S&T innovators' sense of work gain (STISWG), thus limiting the progress of empirical research in this field. Consequently, this study aims to develop and validate the STISWG scale based on the Existence, Relatedness and Growth theory to address this issue.
The development and validation of the STISWG scale spanned four stages and cumulatively used valid questionnaire data from 1,597 S&T innovators. The analysis methods encompassed item analysis, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), reliability analysis, and assessment of the external predictive validity by using the Employee Innovative Behaviour Scale and the Paternalistic Leadership Scale.
The STISWG scale and three subscales had satisfactory reliability across all stages. EFA indicated that the 11-item STISWG scale comprised three dimensions: existence gain, relatedness gain and growth gain. CFA confirmed that the three-factor structure of the STISWG scale was the most optimal. The results of the predictive validity revealed that all three dimensions of the STISWG were good predictors of innovative behaviour. Three dimensions of paternalistic leadership moderated the above relationships, with authoritarian leadership weakening them and benevolent and moral leadership strengthening them.
This study provides an effective and specialised instrument for assessing S&T innovators' sense of work gain. Moreover, it offers practical implications for enhancing the sense of work gain and innovative behaviours of S&T innovators.
增强工作收获感是激发科技工作者创新活力的关键途径。然而,目前缺乏专门用于测量科技工作者工作收获感(STISWG)的工具,这限制了该领域实证研究的进展。因此,本研究旨在基于“生存、关系和成长”理论开发并验证STISWG量表,以解决这一问题。
STISWG量表的开发与验证历经四个阶段,累计使用了来自1597名科技工作者的有效问卷数据。分析方法包括项目分析、探索性因素分析(EFA)、验证性因素分析(CFA)、信度分析,以及通过员工创新行为量表和家长式领导量表评估外部预测效度。
STISWG量表及其三个子量表在各阶段均具有令人满意的信度。探索性因素分析表明,11项的STISWG量表包含三个维度:生存收获、关系收获和成长收获。验证性因素分析证实,STISWG量表的三因素结构最为优化。预测效度结果显示,STISWG的所有三个维度都是创新行为的良好预测指标。家长式领导的三个维度调节了上述关系,专制领导削弱了这些关系,仁慈领导和德行领导则增强了这些关系。
本研究提供了一种有效且专门的工具来评估科技工作者的工作收获感。此外,它为增强科技工作者的工作收获感和创新行为提供了实践启示。