“…Restriction during the pandemic caused production shutdowns, shortage of raw materials supply to produce final goods, delays in sales of products and services, disruptions in economic activities, and supply chains posed severe challenges to business firms in the emergence caused by COVID-19 pandemic ( Rahman et al, 2021 ; Saifuzzaman et al, 2021 ). It has adversely affected business enterprises cash flows and caused a liquidity crisis ( Gubareva, 2020 ; Farzami et al, 2021 ; Zaremba et al, 2021 ). The outbreak of epidemics and pandemics create global health challenges and economic crisis ( Yoosefi Lebni et al, 2020 , 2021 ) and negatively affect employees’ emotions ( Zhou et al, 2022 ), which results in harmful effect on innovative employees’ behavior ( Moradi et al, 2020 ; Azadi et al, 2021 ; Lebni et al, 2021 ; Su et al, 2021d ).…”