In organizations, the success of innovation efforts in improving performance relies heavily on entrepreneurial passion and the perceived importance of innovation. Understanding the link between deliberate practice and innovation broadens our current knowledge, emphasizing entrepreneurial passion as a driving force and the perceived importance of innovation as a crucial amplifying factor for performance. This study posits that deliberate innovation practice enhances innovation performance by fostering entrepreneurial passion, which is further influenced by the perceived importance of innovation. Grounded in self-determination theory and social cognition theory, this research collected data through a multisource, three-wave approach from software company employees. Utilizing SmartPLS (v 4.0) for measurement and structural model evaluation, the findings reveal that deliberate innovation practice positively impacts innovation performance. Entrepreneurial passion serves as a mediator between deliberate innovation practice and innovation performance, with perceived innovation importance strengthening this effect. This study demonstrates that the impact of deliberate innovation practice on performance is more pronounced when entrepreneurial passion mediates, especially at higher levels of perceived innovation importance. The findings offer essential theoretical insights and practical implications.

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热爱与创新的实践！创业热情和感知创新重要性在实践创新环节中的作用


在组织中，创新努力在提高绩效方面的成功在很大程度上取决于创业热情和对创新重要性的认识。了解刻意实践和创新之间的联系可以拓宽我们现有的知识，强调创业热情作为驱动力，以及创新作为绩效关键放大因素的重要性。本研究认为，刻意的创新实践可以通过培养创业热情来提高创新绩效，而创业热情又进一步受到创新重要性认知的影响。本研究以自我决定理论和社会认知理论为基础，通过多源、三波方法从软件公司员工那里收集数据。利用 SmartPLS（v 4.0）进行测量和结构模型评估，研究结果表明，刻意的创新实践会对创新绩效产生积极影响。创业热情是刻意创新实践和创新绩效之间的中介，而感知创新的重要性则强化了这种效应。这项研究表明，当创业热情介入时，刻意的创新实践对绩效的影响更加明显，尤其是在感知创新重要性较高的情况下。研究结果提供了重要的理论见解和实际意义。