Personality dispositions and their role in inducing employee creative behavior are well documented in the literature.However,much is unexplored about the collective and relative contribution of personality orientation...Personality dispositions and their role in inducing employee creative behavior are well documented in the literature.However,much is unexplored about the collective and relative contribution of personality orientations and environmental factors in explaining creative behavior.This study used a framework based on selfdetermination theory(SDT)to measure the combined and relative contribution of personal mastery orientation and authentic leadership in predicting employee creative behavior as mediated by autonomous motivation.A self-reported survey was conducted among software developers working in software houses.The results of the study show that both personal mastery and authentic leadership are significant predictors of employee creative behavior.In addition,autonomous motivation significantly mediates the relationship between personal mastery,authentic leadership,and creative behavior.The findings of the study lend support to the combined effect of personality orientation and environmental factors in predicting employee creative behavior and test the SDT framework’s efficacy in predicting creative behavior.展开更多
In recent years,“cultural tightness-looseness”refers to the strength of social norms and tolerance for deviant behaviors perceived by individuals in society,and team cultural tightness applied at the organizational ...In recent years,“cultural tightness-looseness”refers to the strength of social norms and tolerance for deviant behaviors perceived by individuals in society,and team cultural tightness applied at the organizational level represents the strength of team norms.According to the cultural tightness-looseness theory,this study explores the influence of team cultural tightness on employee creative behavior,as well as the moderating role of transformational leadership and the mediating role of work engagement.A questionnaire method was used to survey five enterprise organizations in China through three stages,and 288 paired questionnaires were finally obtained from leaders and employees.The results found that team cultural tightness has a significant negative effect on employee creative behavior through the mediating effect of work engagement.In other words,the more the team culture in the workplace tends to be loose,the more it stimulates employee work engagement,which in turn promotes employee creative behavior.In addition,transformational leadership played a significant positive moderating role in the model.Under the influence of transformational leadership style,the negative impact of team cultural tightness on employee work engagement and creative behavior can be mitigated.The study enriches the understanding of the influence and action mechanism of the cultural tightness-looseness theory on employee creative behavior.In future research,the action mechanism of team cultural tightness interacting with different leadership styles to influence employee creative behavior will be explored more deeply.展开更多
文摘Personality dispositions and their role in inducing employee creative behavior are well documented in the literature.However,much is unexplored about the collective and relative contribution of personality orientations and environmental factors in explaining creative behavior.This study used a framework based on selfdetermination theory(SDT)to measure the combined and relative contribution of personal mastery orientation and authentic leadership in predicting employee creative behavior as mediated by autonomous motivation.A self-reported survey was conducted among software developers working in software houses.The results of the study show that both personal mastery and authentic leadership are significant predictors of employee creative behavior.In addition,autonomous motivation significantly mediates the relationship between personal mastery,authentic leadership,and creative behavior.The findings of the study lend support to the combined effect of personality orientation and environmental factors in predicting employee creative behavior and test the SDT framework’s efficacy in predicting creative behavior.
基金Zhejiang Provincial Social Science Planning Emerging(Interdisciplinary)Major Support Project,Grant/Award Number:21XXC04ZD。
文摘In recent years,“cultural tightness-looseness”refers to the strength of social norms and tolerance for deviant behaviors perceived by individuals in society,and team cultural tightness applied at the organizational level represents the strength of team norms.According to the cultural tightness-looseness theory,this study explores the influence of team cultural tightness on employee creative behavior,as well as the moderating role of transformational leadership and the mediating role of work engagement.A questionnaire method was used to survey five enterprise organizations in China through three stages,and 288 paired questionnaires were finally obtained from leaders and employees.The results found that team cultural tightness has a significant negative effect on employee creative behavior through the mediating effect of work engagement.In other words,the more the team culture in the workplace tends to be loose,the more it stimulates employee work engagement,which in turn promotes employee creative behavior.In addition,transformational leadership played a significant positive moderating role in the model.Under the influence of transformational leadership style,the negative impact of team cultural tightness on employee work engagement and creative behavior can be mitigated.The study enriches the understanding of the influence and action mechanism of the cultural tightness-looseness theory on employee creative behavior.In future research,the action mechanism of team cultural tightness interacting with different leadership styles to influence employee creative behavior will be explored more deeply.
