What Do We Still Need to Know about Employee Creativity: A fsQCA Approach

This study explored employees behavior flexibility, status, and independence value as vital factors of employee creativity. Based on the theory of interaction creativity, we theorize the core factors, synergistic effects, and substitution effects of employee creativity. This paper adopted a qualitat...

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Published in:Sustainability 2020-02, Vol.12 (3), p.1140
Main Authors: Song, Yao, Gao, Shikui, Zhao, Yang, Singh Gaur, Sanjaya
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Creativity
Economic development
Employees
Flexibility
Human resources
Polls & surveys
Qualitative analysis
R&D
Research & development
Set theory
Skills
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Synergistic effect
Values
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Summary:This study explored employees behavior flexibility, status, and independence value as vital factors of employee creativity. Based on the theory of interaction creativity, we theorize the core factors, synergistic effects, and substitution effects of employee creativity. This paper adopted a qualitative approach using a self-administrated survey to collect data. Data were collected from 380 Chinese employees via an online and offline survey. The results contribute to creativity literature and expand the study on employee’s creativity performance. Moreover, it opens the black box of employee creativity from a new insight by exploring the effects of human resource flexibility and work values. The paper suggests that to obtain innovation and organizational sustainability, companies should not only advocate human resource flexibility management but also combine the work values of employees.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su12031140