Abstract: Error is a kind of negative behavior，an effective feedback and the basis of thinking and innovation. Therefore, how to deal with errors which have been always inevitable is critical for innovative and learning organizations. As a prominent way of thinking in Chinese cultural context, studying Mean Thinking′s effect on error management atmosphere and innovation behavior is of theoretical and practical significance. This study analyzes the internal mechanism of error management atmosphere, team-member exchange(TMX) and Mean Thinking on employees′ innovative behavior through questionnaires and statistical analysis, finding that the error management atmosphere and TMX have positive influence on employees′ innovative behavior, team-member exchange partially mediates the relationship between error management atmosphere and innovative behavior, Mean Thinking moderates the relationship between error management atmosphere and employee′s innovative behavior, and the effect of error management atmosphere on employees′ innovative behavior is more obvious for employees with low Mean Thinking.

Key words: error management atmosphere, team-member exchange, employees′ innovative behavior, Mean Thinking