Empowerment

Limitations and future research directions

Although this research achieved certain results, deficiencies remain in some aspects. Firstly, the sample is limited. The majority of the sample is from China, and the depth and breadth of the sample are inadequate. In future studies, researchers should expand the research scope to other regions, increase the number of research enterprises, enrich the industry type, reduce the sample measurement errors and improve the reliability of the research conclusions. Secondly, this study explores only the influence of leadership empowering behavior on employees' innovation behavior at the individual level. However, employees' innovation behavior is also closely related to the organizational level and team level. In future research, increased consideration should be given to the influence of factors at other levels. Thirdly, the measurement scales used in this research are mature, but some adjustments were made in the specific application process, and the understanding of some issues is shallow, which may have a certain influence on the effectiveness of the research results. From the perspective of research method, The disadvantage of cross-sectional design is the lack of systematic and continuity. Because in cross-sectional design, each person is only examined at a certain point in time, it is impossible to obtain the data of individual development trend or development change. There is no continuity in the development of the same individual; Age and birth date cannot be distinguished; The sampling is complicated. Cross-sectional design at the same time has a cohort effect on subjects of different ages. In future studies, increased attention should be paid to adjusting and revising the scales based on specific cultural backgrounds to obtain accurate results and enhance the validity and persuasiveness of the conclusions.