Employee strategic goal sight and strategic action: the moderating role of openness to experience

IntroductionScholars have examined various factors influencing employee actions, such as goal congruence, personality traits, and job fit. However, they have overlooked employees’ strategic goal sight. This paper investigates how employees strategic goal sight affects their strategic actions and exp...

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Main Authors: Feng Hu, Xiao Jie Lu, Zeng qing Wei, Juan Peng, Shichang Liang, Zhi xuan Gao
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1434575/full
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author Feng Hu
Xiao Jie Lu
Zeng qing Wei
Juan Peng
Shichang Liang
Zhi xuan Gao
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description IntroductionScholars have examined various factors influencing employee actions, such as goal congruence, personality traits, and job fit. However, they have overlooked employees’ strategic goal sight. This paper investigates how employees strategic goal sight affects their strategic actions and explores the moderating influence of their openness to experience.MethodsA questionnaire survey of 908 employees from various companies was conducted, and data analysis was performed using AMOS and SPSS.Results(1) Employee strategic goal sight significantly influences employee strategic actions positively; (2) Perceived insider status acts as a mediator between employee strategic goal sight and employee strategic actions; and (3) Openness to experience moderates this effect, as evidenced by: With increasing levels of employees openness to experience, the positive impact of their strategic goal sight on perceived insider status and strategic actions gradually diminishes.DiscussionThese findings not only enhance understanding of the relationship between employees’ strategic goal sight and strategy but also offer significant implications for guiding employees to engage in strategic behaviors that foster the company’s strategic development.
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spelling doaj-art-7477f1c0da254cbe8ba9d3bfd89a275c2025-08-20T03:53:26ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782025-04-011610.3389/fpsyg.2025.14345751434575Employee strategic goal sight and strategic action: the moderating role of openness to experienceFeng HuXiao Jie LuZeng qing WeiJuan PengShichang LiangZhi xuan GaoIntroductionScholars have examined various factors influencing employee actions, such as goal congruence, personality traits, and job fit. However, they have overlooked employees’ strategic goal sight. This paper investigates how employees strategic goal sight affects their strategic actions and explores the moderating influence of their openness to experience.MethodsA questionnaire survey of 908 employees from various companies was conducted, and data analysis was performed using AMOS and SPSS.Results(1) Employee strategic goal sight significantly influences employee strategic actions positively; (2) Perceived insider status acts as a mediator between employee strategic goal sight and employee strategic actions; and (3) Openness to experience moderates this effect, as evidenced by: With increasing levels of employees openness to experience, the positive impact of their strategic goal sight on perceived insider status and strategic actions gradually diminishes.DiscussionThese findings not only enhance understanding of the relationship between employees’ strategic goal sight and strategy but also offer significant implications for guiding employees to engage in strategic behaviors that foster the company’s strategic development.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1434575/fullemployee strategic goal sightstrategic actionperceived insider statusopenness to experiencestrategic development
spellingShingle Feng Hu
Xiao Jie Lu
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Juan Peng
Shichang Liang
Zhi xuan Gao
Employee strategic goal sight and strategic action: the moderating role of openness to experience
Frontiers in Psychology
employee strategic goal sight
strategic action
perceived insider status
openness to experience
strategic development
title Employee strategic goal sight and strategic action: the moderating role of openness to experience
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title_short Employee strategic goal sight and strategic action: the moderating role of openness to experience
title_sort employee strategic goal sight and strategic action the moderating role of openness to experience
topic employee strategic goal sight
strategic action
perceived insider status
openness to experience
strategic development
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