Research on the Influence of Psychological Capital and Job Involvement of Knowledge Workers on Innovation Performance: The Moderating Effect of Job Autonomy

Purpose The purpose of this study is based on knowledge workers as the research object, in view of the knowledge staff psychological capital has an impact on innovation performance, so as to further understand the mediation effect of job involvement and job autonomy regulation effect on its role, make the enterprise more careful attention to the innovation to the whole process and stimulate the staff to the greatest degree of creativity. Design/Methodology/Approach This research is based on the previous research, set up a suitable questionnaire for this research, using the questionnaire survey method to collect data from Chinese employees. As a statistical analysis tool for analysis, SPSS 23.0 and Amos 23.0 were used. The reliability test of variables is internal consistency analysis, the feasibility test is exploratory factor analysis, and the causal relationship analysis between variables is correlation analysis. AMOS is also used to verify the hypothesis. Findings According to the survey, the psychological capital of knowledge-based employees has a positive impact on innovation performance. Job involvement plays a mediating role, and job autonomy plays a moderating role in the relationship between psychological capital and innovation performance of knowledge workers. Research Implications From the psychological level of the individual, we focus on the influence of individual behavior on innovation performance. Intellectual employees’ psychological capital can improve the enterprise innovation performance by improving the staff efficiency. Enterprises should recognize the importance of learning of knowledge workers, and provide a variety of learning support environment, which can promote the work of employees and improve the performance of innovation. If employees increase job autonomy appropriately, the performance of innovation will improve accordingly.