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Influence of team member innovation on leadership sabotage: Insights from social dominance framework

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This research utilized the framework of social dominance theory to investigate how team member innovation influences leadership sabotage behaviors, with a particular focus on the mediating role of perceived status risk and the moderating effect of leaders’ status concern. Employing a two-phase investigation involving 281 employees and their leaders from a retail chain, this study confirmed that perceived status risk mediated the relationship between team member innovation and leadership sabotage. In addition, leaders’ status concern significantly strengthened the impact of team member innovation on perceived status risk, especially when leaders placed a high value on their status within the organizational hierarchy. The findings enhance our understanding of the dynamic interplay between subordinate innovation and leader responses, emphasizing the critical role ofstatus perception in workplace interactions. The study contributes to business management by delineating the psychological and organizational mechanisms through which innovative behaviors potentially trigger disruptive leadership actions.

Source: Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal

DOI: 10.2224/sbp.14524

Authors: Qixiang Tian, Danfeng Han, Shaobao Liu

Institutions: Suqian University, Mudanjiang Medical University

Language: English

Topic: Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior

Subfield: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W7082991397

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