The impact of motivation on employee innovative behavior and the disparity analysis: An empirical study of Zhejiang Province in China

In this study, we developed and tested a model of total motivation systems by integrating internal motivation, awards and rewards, organizational innovative climate to analyze the effect of these systems on employee innovative behavior, and then analyzed the disparity of different groups classified by academic degree, age, and job post. Three hundred and fifty three employees from high technology industries of Zhejiang Province in China participated in the study, and we collected data using a survey questionnaire. As hypothesized, the results of regression analysis suggested that internal motivation, awards and rewards, organizational innovative climate were significantly and positively related to employee innovative behavior, and there was a positive and significant interaction effect between internal motivation and awards and rewards. The results also showed that there were significant disparities of impact among different groups. Implications are discussed.