개인-환경 적합성, 정서적 몰입, 혁신 행동 간의 관계를 조절하는 감정 변동성(affective variability)의 역할 탐색

This study explores the role of affective variability as a boundary condition in the relationship between person-environment fit, affective commitment, and employee innovative behavior. Affective variability is defined as a stable individual trait that captures the degree to which individuals experience a range of emotions, both in direction and intensity. By focusing on this emotional characteristics, which has been relatively overlooked in previous research, this study aims to understand how affective variability moderates the process through which person-environment fit (i.e., person-organization fit and person-job fit) leads to innovative behavior through affective commitment. Data were collected from 94 employees using an experience sampling method combined with multi-source data collection across four time points. The results showed that affective commitment fully mediates the relationship between employees' perceptions of person-organization fit and person-job fit and their innovative behavior, as evaluated by supervisors. Furthermore, affective variability was found to significantly moderate the relationship between affective commitment and innovative behavior such that the positive relationship was present only when affective variability was high, but not when it was low. These findings have both theoretical and practical implications, highlighting the importance of considering not only cognitive factors like person-environment fit, but also affective traits such as affective variability in fostering innovative behavior drawing on the conservation of resource theory.