Be in Your Element: The Joint Effect of Human Resource Management Strength and Proactive Personality on Employee Creativity
Employee creativity is fast becoming a part and parcel in the wake of the increasing volatility of the employment market and the complexity of job demands. Drawing from the actor-context interactionist theoretical approach and career construction theory, this paper adds to current research by explor...
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| description | Employee creativity is fast becoming a part and parcel in the wake of the increasing volatility of the employment market and the complexity of job demands. Drawing from the actor-context interactionist theoretical approach and career construction theory, this paper adds to current research by exploring the serial mediating effect of job crafting (JC) and career adaptability (CA) in the impact of human resource management strength (HRMS) on employee creativity. Furthermore, we suggest that proactive personality interacts with HRMS to jointly influence creativity. Survey data from samples of 297 (Study 1) and 390 (Study 2) employees largely confirm our model. Our findings show that HRMS positively impacts employee creativity via serial mediation of job crafting and career adaptability, and proactive personality negatively moderates the process. The paper confirms and expands the interactionist theoretical perspective of creativity, highlights the significance of integration of contextual factors, individual characteristics, and career construction, and makes certain practical sense. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5a4b51c823f2474684a29b7bcd9e33d82022-12-22T00:03:56ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-03-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.851539851539Be in Your Element: The Joint Effect of Human Resource Management Strength and Proactive Personality on Employee CreativityJiexuan Zhang0Fei Zhu1Ning Liu2Zijun Cai3Business School, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, ChinaBusiness School, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, ChinaBusiness School, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, ChinaBusiness School, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, ChinaEmployee creativity is fast becoming a part and parcel in the wake of the increasing volatility of the employment market and the complexity of job demands. Drawing from the actor-context interactionist theoretical approach and career construction theory, this paper adds to current research by exploring the serial mediating effect of job crafting (JC) and career adaptability (CA) in the impact of human resource management strength (HRMS) on employee creativity. Furthermore, we suggest that proactive personality interacts with HRMS to jointly influence creativity. Survey data from samples of 297 (Study 1) and 390 (Study 2) employees largely confirm our model. Our findings show that HRMS positively impacts employee creativity via serial mediation of job crafting and career adaptability, and proactive personality negatively moderates the process. The paper confirms and expands the interactionist theoretical perspective of creativity, highlights the significance of integration of contextual factors, individual characteristics, and career construction, and makes certain practical sense.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.851539/fullhuman resource management strengthjob craftingcareer adaptabilityproactive personalitycreativity |
| spellingShingle | Jiexuan Zhang Fei Zhu Ning Liu Zijun Cai Be in Your Element: The Joint Effect of Human Resource Management Strength and Proactive Personality on Employee Creativity Frontiers in Psychology human resource management strength job crafting career adaptability proactive personality creativity |
| title | Be in Your Element: The Joint Effect of Human Resource Management Strength and Proactive Personality on Employee Creativity |
| title_full | Be in Your Element: The Joint Effect of Human Resource Management Strength and Proactive Personality on Employee Creativity |
| title_fullStr | Be in Your Element: The Joint Effect of Human Resource Management Strength and Proactive Personality on Employee Creativity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Be in Your Element: The Joint Effect of Human Resource Management Strength and Proactive Personality on Employee Creativity |
| title_short | Be in Your Element: The Joint Effect of Human Resource Management Strength and Proactive Personality on Employee Creativity |
| title_sort | be in your element the joint effect of human resource management strength and proactive personality on employee creativity |
| topic | human resource management strength job crafting career adaptability proactive personality creativity |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.851539/full |
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