AUTHOR=Jiang Liqun , Pan Zhiyuan , Luo Yunshi , Guo Ziyan , Kou Deqiang 

TITLE=More flexible and more innovative: the impact of flexible work arrangements on the innovation behavior of knowledge employees

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 14 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1053242

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1053242

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=There is a definite trend toward the normalization of flexible work arrangements as an 
efficient means of coping with the dynamic business environment. Existing studies had primarily 
examined it as a management system, but not fully explored its activation mechanism for employees' 
proactive work behavior. Based on self-determination theory, this paper constructs a moderated 
mediation model that empirically examines the influence of a flexible work system on the innovation 
behavior of knowledge-based employees and obtains the following conclusions: flexible work system 
can activate innovation behavior of knowledge-based employees, thriving at work plays a partial 
mediating role and "HRM-opportunity" positively moderates it. The findings not only fill a theoretical 
research gap but also guide the scientific application of this management system to promote 
organizational innovation development.