“…Second, employees are encouraged to generate ideas and new solutions to encourage more innovative work‐related approaches and to develop a more effective competitive strategy (Mertens & Recker, 2020). Third, according to the Self‐Determination Theory (SDT), leaders play an essential role as assistants in encouraging subordinates to share their ideas through decision participation (Kaplan et al, 2022), thereby enhancing the functioning of competition strategies (Amin et al, 2021). SDT emphasizes the importance of autonomy and competence in motivating individuals to engage in tasks, and when leaders provide opportunities for decision‐making and idea‐sharing, it fosters a sense of empowerment and intrinsic motivation among subordinates (Kanat‐Maymon et al, 2020; Shao et al, 2023).…”