This study empirically examines the impact of individual motivation on innovation performance, where innovative behavior serves as a mediating construct, and discusses whether the innovation climate has a moderating effect. This study combines the Cognitive Evaluation Theory and behavioral performance to develop a new theoretical method for explaining the relationships between individual motivation, innovative behavior, and innovation performance. Data collected via a field study of 250 subjects who participated in a science and technology competition were analyzed using a PLS-SEM model. Barron and Kenny's mediation test and the bootstrapping method were used to evaluate the model and confirm the mediation and moderation effects, respectively. Robustness checks were conducted to exclude nonlinearity and heterogeneity in the model. The results show that individual motivation positively promotes innovation performance, in which innovative behavior plays an intermediary role, and that innovation climate moderates the relationship between innovative behavior and innovation performance. According to the results of this field study, stimulators concerning motivation and climate should be primarily considered by managers to boost innovation performance.

本研究实证检验了个人动机对创新绩效的影响，其中创新行为作为中介结构，并讨论了创新氛围是否具有调节作用。本研究将认知评价理论与行为绩效相结合，提出了一种新的理论方法来解释个体动机、创新行为和创新绩效之间的关系。使用 PLS-SEM 模型对通过对参加科技竞赛的 250 名受试者进行实地研究收集的数据进行分析。巴伦和肯尼的中介检验和自举法分别用于评估模型并确认中介和调节效果。进行稳健性检查以排除模型中的非线性和异质性。研究结果表明，个体动机正向促进创新绩效，其中创新行为起中介作用，创新氛围调节创新行为与创新绩效之间的关系。根据本次实地研究的结果，管理者应首先考虑有关动机和氛围的刺激因素，以提高创新绩效。