“此乃吾之过!”:职场负面事件强度感知催生员工创造力的传导机制研究

摘要/Abstract

摘要： 本文结合工作重塑理论和归因理论，探讨职场负面事件强度感知和员工关于事件内在归因的交互作用对员工任务重塑和后续员工创造力的影响，旨在丰富任务重塑驱动因素和作用结果的相关认知。通过对12家企业的292名员工及其直属领导的三阶段配对样本数据进行实证分析发现，在面临高强度职场负面事件且当员工将该事件进行内在归因时，员工会主动进行任务重塑，这最终有利于催生员工创造力。本文在理论上有利于完善任务重塑的相关认知，在实践上为组织引导员工如何应对高强度职场负面事件和提升员工创造力提供手段和方法参考。

关键词: 工作重塑理论, 任务重塑, 内在归因, 事件强度, 员工创造力

Abstract: By drawing on job crafting theory and attribution theory, this study examines the interactive effects of negative workplace event strength perception and employee internal attribution of events on employee task crafting and subsequent creativity. 3-stage data from 12 companies' 292 employees and their leaders are used to test the model. The empirical results show that internal event attribution moderates the positive relationship between perceived workplace negative event strength and employee task crafting, such that the relationship is stronger when internal event attribution is higher. Besides, perceived workplace negative event strength and internal event attribution interact to foster employee task crafting, which is in turn positively related to employee creativity. This research has several contributions:First, it expands our understanding of the drivers of task crafting by examining the impact of workplace event strength on task crafting. Second, it contributes to our understanding of how and when an event impacts task crafting by revealing the synergistic effects of perceived workplace negative event strength and internal event attribution on employee task crafting. Third, it uncovers employee task crafting as a pivotal behavioral mechanism underlying the interactive effects of perceived workplace negative event strength and internal event attribution on employee creativity. Fourth, this study contributes to the event-oriented literature by exploring the overall effects of event strength on employee task crafting and subsequent creativity. The study also provides important practical implications.

Key words: job crafting theory, task crafting, internal attribution, event strength, employee creativity

宋琪, 唐榕彬, 陈扬, 景琳迪, 杨沙. “此乃吾之过!”:职场负面事件强度感知催生员工创造力的传导机制研究[J]. 管理评论, 2024, 36(1): 201-212.

Song Qi, Tang Rongbin, Chen Yang, Jing Lindi, Yang Sha. “This Is My Fault!”: Examining the Impact of Perceived Workplace Negative Event Strength on Creativity[J]. Management Review, 2024, 36(1): 201-212.

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