Employee Learning Orientation, Transformational Leadership, and Employee Creativity: The Mediating Role of Employee Creative Self-Efficacy
Abstract
We examined the relationship between employee creativity and job performance. Furthermore, we identified two learning-related personal and situational variables—employee learning orientation and transformational leadership—and examined their effects on employee creativity through employee creative self-efficacy. We found that employee creativity was positively related to employee sales and to supervisor-rated employee job performance. Employee learning orientation and transformational leadership were positively related to employee creativity, and these relationships were mediated by employee creative self-efficacy. We discuss the implications of these findings for creativity theory and research, as well as for management practice.
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- Authors
- Gong, Y., Huang, J.-C., & Farh, J.-L.
- Affiliations
- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HK)
- National Chengchi University (TW)
- Venue
- Academy of Management Journal
- Publisher
- Academy of Management
- Published
- 2009-08
- Volume
- 52
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 765-778
- ISSN
- 0001-4273 (ISSN-L)
- 1948-0989
- OpenAlex
- W2051999413
- Cited by
- 1,914
- References
- 13
- Citations by year
- 2026: 94 · 2025: 102 · 2024: 106 · 2023: 162 · 2022: 172 · 2021: 157 · 2020: 185 · 2019: 149 · 2018: 152 · 2017: 105 · 2016: 121 · 2015: 108 · 2014: 84 · 2013: 81 · 2012: 65
- FWCI
- 80.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Academy of Management Journal (publishedVersion)
- Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Employee Performance and Leadership
- Keywords
- transformational leadership, employee creativity, creative self-efficacy, employee performance, mediating effect, sales performance, creativity theory
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