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Abstract：
As a part of job resources, work time control is essential for innovation. We examine how work time control impacts knowledge employees\' innovation in the workplace. A two-stage study was conducted to verify the mediating and moderating processes. In Study 1, adopting the job demands-resources model as a theoretical framework, we conducted a laboratory test to find the relation between work time control, job engagement, job burnout, and innovation, and verified the path between work time control and innovation. In Study 2, drawing on the job demands-resources model verified by Study 1 and self-regulation theory, it is proposed that during the psychological process in the workplace, job engagement plays a mediating role, and the vocational delay of gratification plays a moderating role between work time control and innovation. A total of 254 knowledge employees from diverse organizations participated in the survey study. After taking demographic variables, job demands, and neuroticism as control variables, the results showed that job engagement would mediate the relationship between work time control and innovation. A higher level of delay of gratification buffered the effect of a higher level of work time control on innovation. All these findings verified and expanded knowledge on work time control and innovation literature, showing that work time control is important for innovation. Based on Chinese cultural background, managers should offer employees the opportunity to conduct self-control training and encourage them with great freedom to foster employee innovation.
摘要：
作为工作资源的一部分，工作时间控制对于创新至关重要。我们研究了工作时间控制如何影响知识型员工在工作场所的创新。进行了两阶段研究以验证中介和调节过程。在研究1中，采用工作需求-资源模型作为理论框架，我们进行了实验室测试，以找到工作时间控制之间的关系，工作参与,工作倦怠,和创新，并验证了工作时间控制与创新之间的路径。在研究2中，借鉴研究1验证的工作需求-资源模型和自我调节理论，有人提出，在工作场所的心理过程中，工作投入起着中介作用，职业满足延迟在工作时间控制和创新之间起着调节作用。来自不同组织的254名知识员工参加了调查研究。在考虑人口统计学变量后，工作要求,和神经质作为控制变量，结果表明，工作投入将调解工作时间控制和创新之间的关系。更高水平的满足延迟缓冲了更高水平的工作时间控制对创新的影响。所有这些发现都验证和扩展了有关工作时间控制和创新文献的知识，表明工作时间控制对创新很重要。基于中国的文化背景,管理者应该为员工提供进行自我控制培训的机会，并鼓励他们以极大的自由促进员工创新。
