When does empowering leadership enhance employee creativity? A three-way interaction test

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2016.44.9.1555
Keywords:
empowering leadership, employee creativity, intrinsic motivation, task visibility, job characteristics
Abstract

We proposed a 3-way interaction between empowering leadership, intrinsic motivation, and task visibility to predict employee creativity. Participants were 224 employee–leader dyads working in South Korean firms. Results showed that in situations of high task visibility, empowering leadership related more positively to creativity for employees with low rather than high motivation. In contrast, in situations low in task visibility, empowering leadership related more positively to creativity for employees with high rather than low motivation. Thus, our results confirmed the importance of the 3 factors for enhancing employee creativity.

Author Biographies
  1. Gukdo Byun, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
    College of Business
  2. Ye Dai, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
    College of Business
  3. Soojin Lee, Chonnam National University
    College of Business Administration
  4. Seung-Wan Kang, Gachon University
    College of Business
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Published
2016-05-06
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Vol. 44 No. 9 (2016)
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