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Building creative self-efficacy via learning goal orientation, creativity job requirement, and team learning behavior: The key to employee creativity

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  • Hao Kong

    (Department of Management, Hang Seng Management College, Sha Tin, Hong Kong)

  • Warren CK Chiu

    (School of Professional Education and Executive Development (SPEED), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong)

  • Humphrey KW Leung

    (Growgreen Limited, Sha Tin, Hong Kong)

Abstract

This study examined the antecedents of an individual’s creative self-efficacy (CSE) using a sample of 41 semiconductor design teams. Drawing from social cognitive theory, we expected that a dynamic interaction of an individual’s learning goal orientation, creativity as a job requirement, and team learning behavior would build CSE. In addition, employing the combinational perspective, we conjectured that consistency among the three antecedents would enhance CSE, and subsequently, creative performance. As predicted, results showed that effects of learning goal orientation and job requirement on CSE were subject to other members’ learning behavior. A significant three-way interaction supported the position that individual–contextual congruence facilitates the development of CSE, while incongruence of these factors impedes such development. Implications for theory and human resource practices are discussed in light of these findings. JEL Classification: M54, O32

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  • Hao Kong & Warren CK Chiu & Humphrey KW Leung, 2019. "Building creative self-efficacy via learning goal orientation, creativity job requirement, and team learning behavior: The key to employee creativity," Australian Journal of Management, Australian School of Business, vol. 44(3), pages 443-461, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ausman:v:44:y:2019:i:3:p:443-461
    DOI: 10.1177/0312896218792957
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    Keywords

    Creative self-efficacy; creativity as a job requirement; employee creativity; learning goal orientation; team learning behavior;
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    JEL classification:

    • M54 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Management
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D

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