Employee creativity: Personal and contextual factors at work

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Oldham, GR; Cummings, A
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/256657
• 发表日期: 1996
• 页码: 607-634
• 关键词: COGNITIVE EVALUATION THEORY; ADJECTIVE CHECK LIST; PATH-GOAL THEORY; Intrinsic motivation; SUBORDINATE RESPONSES; DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS; ARTISTIC CREATIVITY; REWARD CONTINGENCY; self-determination; job-satisfaction

摘要

This study examined the independent and joint contributions of employees' creativity-relevant personal characteristics and three characteristics of the organizational context-job complexity, supportive supervision, and controlling supervision-to three indicators of employees' creative performance: patent disclosures written, contributions to an organization suggestion program, and supervisory ratings of creativity. participants (171 employees from two manufacturing facilities) produced the most creative work when they had appropriate creativity-relevant characteristics, worked on complex, challenging jobs, and were supervised in a supportive, noncontrolling fashion.