The influence of leader humor on employee creativity: from the perspective of employee voice
Creativity is a primary factor in driving transformational change. This study explored the impact of leader humor on employee creativity (incremental and radical creativity) from the perspective of employee voice. Data were collected from 812 Chinese employees through multipoint surveys. Through the...
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| author | Yi Cao Keqiucheng Zhou Yijiang Wang Yubo Hou Rentao Miao |
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| description | Creativity is a primary factor in driving transformational change. This study explored the impact of leader humor on employee creativity (incremental and radical creativity) from the perspective of employee voice. Data were collected from 812 Chinese employees through multipoint surveys. Through the surveys, we found that (1) leader humor has a significant positive effect on employee incremental and radical creativity; (2) promotive/prohibitive voice mediates the relationship between leader humor and employee incremental/radical creativity separately; (3) contradictory thinking moderates the effect of leader humor on prohibitive voice and further moderates the indirect effect of leader humor on radical creativity; and (4) the moderated mediation model mainly applies to state-owned enterprises rather than private-owned enterprises. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0a66697305df465180d1bb1b49e8731e2023-06-05T05:20:21ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-06-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.11627901162790The influence of leader humor on employee creativity: from the perspective of employee voiceYi Cao0Keqiucheng Zhou1Yijiang Wang2Yubo Hou3Rentao Miao4School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, ChinaRenmin University of China, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, ChinaCapital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, ChinaCreativity is a primary factor in driving transformational change. This study explored the impact of leader humor on employee creativity (incremental and radical creativity) from the perspective of employee voice. Data were collected from 812 Chinese employees through multipoint surveys. Through the surveys, we found that (1) leader humor has a significant positive effect on employee incremental and radical creativity; (2) promotive/prohibitive voice mediates the relationship between leader humor and employee incremental/radical creativity separately; (3) contradictory thinking moderates the effect of leader humor on prohibitive voice and further moderates the indirect effect of leader humor on radical creativity; and (4) the moderated mediation model mainly applies to state-owned enterprises rather than private-owned enterprises. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1162790/fullcontradiction thinkingcreativityemployee voiceleader humorownership |
| spellingShingle | Yi Cao Keqiucheng Zhou Yijiang Wang Yubo Hou Rentao Miao The influence of leader humor on employee creativity: from the perspective of employee voice Frontiers in Psychology contradiction thinking creativity employee voice leader humor ownership |
| title | The influence of leader humor on employee creativity: from the perspective of employee voice |
| title_full | The influence of leader humor on employee creativity: from the perspective of employee voice |
| title_fullStr | The influence of leader humor on employee creativity: from the perspective of employee voice |
| title_full_unstemmed | The influence of leader humor on employee creativity: from the perspective of employee voice |
| title_short | The influence of leader humor on employee creativity: from the perspective of employee voice |
| title_sort | influence of leader humor on employee creativity from the perspective of employee voice |
| topic | contradiction thinking creativity employee voice leader humor ownership |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1162790/full |
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