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  • Business Management
  • COVID-19 Impact Studies

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  • The COVID-19 pandemic posed significant organizational threats.
  • Employee creativity is vital for adapting and improving organizations.
  • Understanding factors influencing creativity during crises is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the relationship between perceived pandemic threat and employee creativity.
  • To investigate the moderating roles of task conflict and collectivistic orientation.

Main Methods:

  • Survey data collected from employees in the real estate sector.
  • Statistical analysis to assess the interplay of pandemic threat, task conflict, collectivistic orientation, and creativity.

Main Results:

  • Perceived organizational threat from COVID-19 was linked to employee creativity.
  • Productive task conflict positively moderated this relationship.
  • Collectivistic orientation further enhanced the positive effect of task conflict on creativity.

Conclusions:

  • Organizations can leverage productive task conflict to foster creativity amidst challenges like the pandemic.
  • This strategy is especially effective in organizations with a collectivistic culture.
  • Encouraging diverse perspectives through task conflict can transform hardships into innovative outcomes.