A Self-Categorization Perspective of Idiosyncratic Deals and Creativity: Mediating Role of Perceived Insider Status and Moderating Role of Psychological Safety
Jinli Xue,1 Yige Wu,1 Meng Chen2 1Research Center for Energy Economics, School of Business Administration, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, People’s Republic of China; 2Shandong Provincial Territorial Spatial Ecological Restoration Center, Jinan, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Meng...
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| description | Jinli Xue,1 Yige Wu,1 Meng Chen2 1Research Center for Energy Economics, School of Business Administration, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, People’s Republic of China; 2Shandong Provincial Territorial Spatial Ecological Restoration Center, Jinan, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Meng Chen, Email yuanlinlin8807@163.comPurpose: Idiosyncratic deals (I-deals), a novel human resource management implement, has significantly contributed to attracting, retaining and motivating personnel to enhance creativity. Building upon self-categorization theory, this study investigates the impact of I-deals on creativity and the moderating role of psychological safety in this process by perceived insider status.Participants and Methods: To mitigate common method bias and causal lag effects, this study was conducted in three phases with a half-month interval for data collection. In this study, a total of 331 employees from six enterprises in China were selected to test the hypotheses using Bootstrap and Johnson-Neyman methods.Results: Results show that I-deals have a positive influence on creativity. Perceived insider status acts as intermediary between I-deals and creativity; Psychological safety strengthens the influence of I-deals on perceived insider status and further enhances the indirect influence of I-deals on creativity through perceived insider status.Conclusion: This study demonstrates that organizations can leverage the unique characteristics of I-deals to fully showcase the diverse talents of their personnel, while simultaneously enhancing their psychological security. This, in turn, empowers employees to confidently propose new ideas and methods, thus catalyzing the generation of creativity.Keywords: I-deals, perceived insider status, psychological safety, creativity, self-categorization theory |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ecfba0d020ba459380da40de4fb659222024-03-19T17:12:18ZengDove Medical PressPsychology Research and Behavior Management1179-15782024-03-01Volume 171313132791345A Self-Categorization Perspective of Idiosyncratic Deals and Creativity: Mediating Role of Perceived Insider Status and Moderating Role of Psychological SafetyXue JWu YChen MJinli Xue,1 Yige Wu,1 Meng Chen2 1Research Center for Energy Economics, School of Business Administration, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, People’s Republic of China; 2Shandong Provincial Territorial Spatial Ecological Restoration Center, Jinan, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Meng Chen, Email yuanlinlin8807@163.comPurpose: Idiosyncratic deals (I-deals), a novel human resource management implement, has significantly contributed to attracting, retaining and motivating personnel to enhance creativity. Building upon self-categorization theory, this study investigates the impact of I-deals on creativity and the moderating role of psychological safety in this process by perceived insider status.Participants and Methods: To mitigate common method bias and causal lag effects, this study was conducted in three phases with a half-month interval for data collection. In this study, a total of 331 employees from six enterprises in China were selected to test the hypotheses using Bootstrap and Johnson-Neyman methods.Results: Results show that I-deals have a positive influence on creativity. Perceived insider status acts as intermediary between I-deals and creativity; Psychological safety strengthens the influence of I-deals on perceived insider status and further enhances the indirect influence of I-deals on creativity through perceived insider status.Conclusion: This study demonstrates that organizations can leverage the unique characteristics of I-deals to fully showcase the diverse talents of their personnel, while simultaneously enhancing their psychological security. This, in turn, empowers employees to confidently propose new ideas and methods, thus catalyzing the generation of creativity.Keywords: I-deals, perceived insider status, psychological safety, creativity, self-categorization theoryhttps://www.dovepress.com/a-self-categorization-perspective-of-idiosyncratic-deals-and-creativit-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-PRBMi-dealsperceived insider statuspsychological safetycreativityself-categorization theory |
| spellingShingle | Xue J Wu Y Chen M A Self-Categorization Perspective of Idiosyncratic Deals and Creativity: Mediating Role of Perceived Insider Status and Moderating Role of Psychological Safety Psychology Research and Behavior Management i-deals perceived insider status psychological safety creativity self-categorization theory |
| title | A Self-Categorization Perspective of Idiosyncratic Deals and Creativity: Mediating Role of Perceived Insider Status and Moderating Role of Psychological Safety |
| title_full | A Self-Categorization Perspective of Idiosyncratic Deals and Creativity: Mediating Role of Perceived Insider Status and Moderating Role of Psychological Safety |
| title_fullStr | A Self-Categorization Perspective of Idiosyncratic Deals and Creativity: Mediating Role of Perceived Insider Status and Moderating Role of Psychological Safety |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Self-Categorization Perspective of Idiosyncratic Deals and Creativity: Mediating Role of Perceived Insider Status and Moderating Role of Psychological Safety |
| title_short | A Self-Categorization Perspective of Idiosyncratic Deals and Creativity: Mediating Role of Perceived Insider Status and Moderating Role of Psychological Safety |
| title_sort | self categorization perspective of idiosyncratic deals and creativity mediating role of perceived insider status and moderating role of psychological safety |
| topic | i-deals perceived insider status psychological safety creativity self-categorization theory |
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