Towards Employee Creativity in the Healthcare Sector: Investigating the Role of Polychronicity, Job Engagement, and Functional Flexibility

Given the importance of individual level creativity, this paper investigates the influence of employee polychronicity on employee creativity among nurses in the healthcare sector. The current research also tests how job engagement acts as a mediator between employees' polychronicity and creativ...

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Published in:Healthcare (Basel) 2021-07, Vol.9 (7), p.837
Main Authors: Waheed, Junaid, Jun, Wen, Yousaf, Zahid, Radulescu, Magdalena, Hussain, Hadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Creativity
employee creativity
employee polychronicity
Employees
Flexibility
functional flexibility
Health care industry
healthcare sector
job engagement
Job satisfaction
Medical research
Multitasking
Nurses
Pandemics
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Summary:Given the importance of individual level creativity, this paper investigates the influence of employee polychronicity on employee creativity among nurses in the healthcare sector. The current research also tests how job engagement acts as a mediator between employees' polychronicity and creativity. Finally, thepaper analyzes the role of functional flexibility as a moderator that enhances the influence of polychronicity on employee creativity. The current paper presents empirical research, and cross-sectional data were gathered from 457 nurses (Subordinate Staff) and 127 doctors (Supervisors) working in 37DHQ (District Head Quarters) hospitals in Pakistan. Descriptive statistics, correlation, and multiple-regression techniques were applied for analyzing the collected data. The findings proved that the nurses' polychronic attitude increases their creativity. Findings revealed that job commitment plays a mediating role between polychronicity and employee creativity. The findings proved that functional flexibility enhances the link between polychronicity and creativity. This research has contributed to both theory and managerial practice about the interplay of polychronicity, creativity, job engagement, and functional flexibility among nurses. The management in practice should focus on employee attitude, i.e., polychronicity, for improving their creativeness.
ISSN:2227-9032
2227-9032
DOI:10.3390/healthcare9070837