Abstract:Although a large amount of literature has discussed the impact of leadership style and leadership behavior on employees' deviant innovation, it has not paid attention to the thinking mode of leader. Based on the social information processing theory, taking enterprises in high-tech, software R&D, manufacturing and other industries in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Guangxi, Chongqing and other provinces as samples, 293 supervisor-subordinate dyads for a two-stage questionnaire survey, and the hierarchical regression analysis was used to explore the impact of supervisor bottom line mentality on employees' bootleg innovation. The results showed that: (1) supervisor bottom-line mentality has a positive impact on the bootleg innovation; (2) job autonomy mediates the influence of supervisor bottom-line mentality on bootleg innovation; (3) risk taking propensity positively moderates the relationship between job autonomy and bootleg innovation and the indirect effect of supervisor bottom-line mentality on bootleg innovation through job autonomy. Compared to employees with low risk taking propensity, the supervisor bottom-line mentality has a stronger positive and indirect impact on bootleg innovation of employees with high risk taking propensity through job autonomy. Based on this, it is proposed that organizations should reduce the constraints on employees' deviant innovation, and create conditions for employees with high risk taking propensity to dare to break the constraints of organizational rules and regulations by giving them autonomy to carry out their work.