Managers' compassionate goals,innovation, and firm performance: an examination of mediating processes,and boundary conditions in small- and medium-sized enterprises |
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| Authors: | Francesco Montani Raffaele Staglianò Valentina Sommovigo Ilaria Setti Gabriele Giorgi |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Management, University of Bologna – Rimini Campus, Via Angherà 22, 47900 Rimini, Italy;2. Department of Economics, Università degli Studi di Messina, Piazza Pugliatti, 1, 98122 Messina, Italy;3. Department of Brain and Behavioural Sciences, Unit of Applied Psychology, University of Pavia, Piazza Botta 11, 27100 Pavia, Italy;4. Department of Psychology, Università Europea di Roma, Via degli Aldobrandeschi, 190, 00163 Rome, Italy |
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| Abstract: | This study aims to examine the relationships of managers' compassionate goals with innovation and performance in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). By integrating social exchange theory with social information processing theory, we hypothesize a serial mediation model in which organizational cooperation and firm innovation sequentially mediate a positive relationship between managers' compassionate goals and firm performance. However, we predict that this positive indirect effect would occur only when managers have low self-image goals and there is a high innovation-supportive work environment. Based on survey data from a sample of 116 SMEs in France, our results provide support for our predictions. This study contributes to the literature by disclosing the mechanisms and boundary conditions of the relationship of managers' compassionate goals with SMEs' innovation and performance. Theoretical and managerial implications of this study are discussed. |
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