THE NECESSITY OF OTHERS IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION: INTRINSIC AND PROSOCIAL MOTIVATIONS, PERSPECTIVE TAKING, AND CREATIVITY

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Grant, Adam M.; Berry, James W.
• 署名单位: University of Pennsylvania; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2011.59215085
• 发表日期: 2011
• 页码: 73-96
• 关键词: SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY; ORGANIZATIONAL-BEHAVIOR; EMPLOYEE CREATIVITY; JOB-PERFORMANCE; work; orientation; persistence; outcomes; product; leadership

摘要

Although many scholars believe that intrinsic motivation fuels creativity, research has returned equivocal results. Drawing on motivated information processing theory, we propose that the relationship between intrinsic motivation and creativity is enhanced by other-focused psychological processes. Perspective taking, as generated by prosocial motivation, encourages employees to develop ideas that are useful as well as novel. In three studies, using both field and lab data, we found that prosocial motivation strengthened the association between intrinsic motivation kind independent creativity ratings. In our second and third studies, perspective taking mediated this moderating effect. We discuss theoretical implications for creativity and motivation.