Abstract Error aversion culture affects employees’ innovative behavior. In this study, a theoretical model of error aversion culture, creative selfefficacy, job embeddedness and employees’ innovative behavior was established for empirical research. The results showed that: individual perceived error aversion culture has negative influence on innovative behavior; creative selfefficacy and job embeddedness have positive influence on innovative behavior; individual perceived error aversion culture has negative influence on innovative behavior completely through creative selfefficacy and job embeddedness;individual perceived error aversion culture affects job embeddedness through creative selfefficacy, and further affects innovative behavior.