Drawing on role identity, dynamic constructivism and the norm-based model of cultural tightness, we examine the innovation paradox of whether and how congruence of home and host culture in tandem with creative role identity not only enhances but also constrains different facets of innovative behaviour for global workers. Results reveal that the effects of loose home employees' cultural tightness congruence on idea generation and idea realization behaviours depend on creative role identity (Study 1), that idea generation may be more salient in loose cultures (Study 2) and that when exposed to an incongruent tight culture, individuals temporarily switch their innovative identity content to fit the alternative cultural frame (Study 3). Our results paint a complex and dynamic picture of cultural exposure and role identity on innovative behaviour. Our results also suggest that cultural considerations and organizational interventions that shape the content of creative role identity may enhance innovative behaviours for global workers.

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全球工作的创新悖论：文化紧张是否会塑造或限制创新行为？

借鉴角色认同、动态建构主义和基于规范的文化紧密度模型，我们研究了是否以及如何的创新悖论。家庭和东道国文化的一致性以及创造性角色认同不仅增强但也限制了全球工人创新行为的不同方面。结果表明，松散家庭员工的文化紧密度一致性对创意生成和创意实现行为的影响取决于创造性角色认同（研究 1），创意生成在松散文化中可能更为突出（研究 2），并且当接触到在不一致的紧密文化中，个人会暂时改变其创新身份内容以适应替代文化框架（研究 3）。我们的研究结果描绘了一幅关于创新行为的文化接触和角色认同的复杂而动态的图景。