Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2021.2013913
The relationship between proactive personality and employees’ creativity: the mediating role of intrinsic motivation and creative self-efficacy
Saeid Karimi
Farzaneh Ahmadi Malek
Ahmad Yaghoubi Farani
Abstract
Employees’ creativity is one of the most important factors in the
success of organizations which has attracted the attention of
researchers in recent years. Recent research has suggested that
proactive personality fosters creativity. However, there is a lack of
research into the mechanisms that make this link possible. The
main purpose of this study was to examine the relationship
between proactive personality and employee creativity by focusing on the mediating roles of intrinsic motivation and creative
self-efficacy. Data from 178 Iranian agriculture experts were collected and analyzed by conducting structural equation modeling.
The results indicated that proactive personality was directly and
positively related to employees’ creativity. Additionally, the results
showed that intrinsic motivation and creative self-efficacy partially
mediated the relationship between proactive personality and
employees’ creativity. The findings not only shed light on mechanisms that underlie in the proactive personality -creativity linkage
but they also highlight the importance of intrinsic motivation and
creative self-efficacy in the linkage. Together, the study extends
the effect of proactive personality on creativity and the mediation
mechanisms underlying this relationship. The theoretical and
practical implications, limitations, and future research directions
are discussed.
Keywords
Creativity; proactive personality; intrinsic motivation; creative selfefficacy; agriculture experts; Iran
Hrčak ID:
302712
URI
Publication date:
31.3.2023.
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