Analyzing the Employees’ New Media Use in the Energy Industry:The Role of Creative Self-Efficacy, Perceived Usefulness and Leaders’ Use
Good management of companies in the energy industry is critical to the world’s sustainable development as they are the guarantor of social lives and the cornerstone of economic development. This study tries to figure out how to improve the management of energy companies from the angle of n...
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doaj-15fddf62fdc04e23b44bbd180ce364b52020-11-25T01:47:09ZengMDPI AGSustainability2071-10502020-01-0112396710.3390/su12030967su12030967Analyzing the Employees’ New Media Use in the Energy Industry:The Role of Creative Self-Efficacy, Perceived Usefulness and Leaders’ UseYuting Zhang0Xiaofen Yu1Ning Cai2Yong Li3School of Management, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, ChinaSchool of Management, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, ChinaSchool of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, ChinaSchool of Marxism, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 200120, ChinaGood management of companies in the energy industry is critical to the world’s sustainable development as they are the guarantor of social lives and the cornerstone of economic development. This study tries to figure out how to improve the management of energy companies from the angle of new media use. It is widely known that the emergence of new media has provided more opportunities for the development of various entities in society, especially in improving the interaction mode of “enterprise−employee” and “enterprise−consumer”, and boosting the efficiency of information transmission. However, the technical and cutting-edge features of those new media have also resulted in some obstacles in their promotion among employees. To address this problem, this paper took the perspective of the social influence theory and the technological acceptance model (TAM), and sampled 20,161 employees from the energy industry in China to explore the effects of creative self-efficacy, perceived usefulness in information acquisition and perceived usefulness in communication on employees’ use of new media. Results have shown that both creative self-efficacy and perceived usefulness have positive effects on new media use of employees, and perceived usefulness mediates the relationship between creative self-efficacy and new media use. Leaders’ use moderates the mediation relationship, while it weakens the relationship between perceived usefulness and new media use. Our study enriches the knowledge regarding new media promotion and thereby offers insightful and practical implications for corporate managers.https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/3/967creative self-efficacyperceived usefulness in information acquisitionperceived usefulness in communicationnew media useenergy industry |
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Analyzing the Employees’ New Media Use in the Energy Industry:The Role of Creative Self-Efficacy, Perceived Usefulness and Leaders’ Use |
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Analyzing the Employees’ New Media Use in the Energy Industry:The Role of Creative Self-Efficacy, Perceived Usefulness and Leaders’ Use |
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Good management of companies in the energy industry is critical to the world’s sustainable development as they are the guarantor of social lives and the cornerstone of economic development. This study tries to figure out how to improve the management of energy companies from the angle of new media use. It is widely known that the emergence of new media has provided more opportunities for the development of various entities in society, especially in improving the interaction mode of “enterprise−employee” and “enterprise−consumer”, and boosting the efficiency of information transmission. However, the technical and cutting-edge features of those new media have also resulted in some obstacles in their promotion among employees. To address this problem, this paper took the perspective of the social influence theory and the technological acceptance model (TAM), and sampled 20,161 employees from the energy industry in China to explore the effects of creative self-efficacy, perceived usefulness in information acquisition and perceived usefulness in communication on employees’ use of new media. Results have shown that both creative self-efficacy and perceived usefulness have positive effects on new media use of employees, and perceived usefulness mediates the relationship between creative self-efficacy and new media use. Leaders’ use moderates the mediation relationship, while it weakens the relationship between perceived usefulness and new media use. Our study enriches the knowledge regarding new media promotion and thereby offers insightful and practical implications for corporate managers. |
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