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1School of Economics and Management, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China.
Behavioral Sciences (Basel, Switzerland)
|February 26, 2025
Summary
Conscientiousness positively impacts employee creativity in manufacturing. A three-way interaction involving time pressure and leader trust further influences creative output, offering valuable insights for organizations.
Area of Science:
- Organizational Psychology
- Management Science
Background:
- Organizational creativity is crucial for business success.
- The interactionist perspective suggests creativity arises from person-environment interactions.
- Understanding factors influencing employee creativity is essential for innovation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the relationship between conscientiousness and employee creativity.
- To examine the moderating effects of perceived time pressure and trust in one's leader on this relationship.
Main Methods:
- Survey research conducted with 260 frontline technical workers and their supervisors.
- Data collected from three Chinese manufacturing enterprises.
- Statistical analysis to determine relationships and interaction effects.
Main Results:
- A significant positive relationship was found between conscientiousness and employee creativity.
- A three-way interaction effect was identified between conscientiousness, perceived time pressure, and trust in one's leader on employee creativity.
Conclusions:
- Conscientiousness is a key trait for fostering employee creativity in manufacturing settings.
- Organizational factors like time pressure and leader trust significantly moderate the impact of conscientiousness on creativity.
- Findings offer theoretical contributions to organizational creativity and practical implications for management.
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