Organizational Inertia as a “Double-Edged Sword” for Employees’ Digital Performance: A Mediation Model based on Bootleg Innovation

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10.2991/978-94-6463-845-5_125How to use a DOI?

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Organizational inertia; Employee digital performance; Bootleg innovation; Organizational self-esteem

Abstract

In the era of the digital economy, the digital transformation of traditional enterprises has produced subversive changes in human capital structure and capabilities. Considering the dual role of organizational inertia in employee digital performance from the perspective of employees’ resources and cognition is key for enterprises to achieve steady change. Based on resource preservation and cognitive evaluation theory, this study constructs a theoretical model of the impact of organizational inertia on employees’ digital performance through bootleg innovation and examines the situational role of organizational self-esteem in this process. It opens the ‘black box’ between organizational inertia and employee digital performance and provides reasonable practical guidance on how companies can use organizational inertia to improve employee digital performance.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Jinhua Sun
AU  - Jingjing Xu
AU  - Jian Hu
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/09/16
TI  - Organizational Inertia as a “Double-Edged Sword” for Employees’ Digital Performance: A Mediation Model based on Bootleg Innovation
BT  - Proceedings of the 2025 6th International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management (ICMSEM 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1282
EP  - 1289
SN  - 2667-1271
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-845-5_125
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-845-5_125
ID  - Sun2025
ER  -