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Yufan Zhou1, Peng Li2, Yu Wang1
1School of Education Science, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China.
Abstract:
Previous research has suggested that a fixed creative mindset is detrimental to creativity. Drawing on social learning theory, we propose an alternative perspective, positing that the relationship between a fixed creative mindset and creativity depends on the motivational climate, which may reverse its negative effect. We investigated this relationship by examining the boundary conditions of two distinct motivational climates and the mediating effects of knowledge hiding. Our research involved an online survey, with data collected from 426 research and development personnel across nine enterprises and research institutes in China to analyze the proposed model. The results showed that when the performance climate was high, the fixed creative mindset was positively related to knowledge hiding, which in turn negatively affected creativity. In contrast, in a high-mastery climate, a fixed creative mindset was negatively correlated with knowledge hiding, which subsequently facilitated creativity. Theoretical and practical implications are also discussed.
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