Journal of Northeastern University(Social Science) ›› 2022, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (6): 117-125.DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2022.06.015

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Research on the Influence Mechanism of Free Explorative Supervisors' Guidance Styles on Doctoral Students' Innovation Behavior

ZENG Jianxiong, ZHANG Guodong   

  1. (School of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China)
  • Received:2021-07-14 Revised:2021-07-14 Accepted:2021-07-14 Published:2022-11-26
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Abstract: Based on the questionnaire survey data covering 465 doctoral students, this paper adopts the structural equation model to investigate the influence and internal mechanism of explorative supervisors' guidance style on doctoral students' innovation behavior. The results show that the guidance style of free explorative supervisors has a significant positive effect on the doctoral students' innovation behavior, and knowledge sharing plays a mediating role between the two. At the same time, the innovation atmosphere has a positive regulating effect on the relationship between the guidance style of the free explorative supervisors and the innovation behavior. The stronger the innovation atmosphere is, the stronger the positive influence of the free explorative supervisors' guidance style on the innovation behavior. A series of recommendations is proposed in the study to actively develop diverse supervisory professional development programs, create a positive and harmonious laboratory or group atmosphere for autonomous innovation, establish an effective knowledge sharing mechanism and build a sense of belief in research and innovation at different levels, such as training units, supervisors and doctoral students.

Key words: free explorative style; supervisor guidance style; doctoral student; innovation behavior; knowledge sharing; innovation atmosphere

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