Impact of Complementary Fit on Repatriates’ Innovation Behavior

This research aims to examines the influence mechanism of complementary fit on repatriates’ innovation behavior. This research builds a theoretical model on complementary fit, knowledge transfer and innovation behavior, recognizes the moderating variable, creative self-efficacy. The empirical analysis data is collected from 260 repatriates from Multinational Corporations Xi’ an, Nanjing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen by using questionnaire. Hierarchical regression analysis results suggest that: needs-supplies fit and demands-abilities fit have significant positive impacts on repatriates’ idea generation and idea implementation; knowledge transfer does work as a full mediator between complementary fit and repatriate's innovation behavior; Creative self-efficacy moderates the positive relationship between knowledge transfer and repatriates’ innovation behavior.