Study on the Synergic Influences of Organizational Motivation and Leadership on Organizational Creativity

Abstract

Abstract:

It has not yet reached a consensus on whether rewards especially material rewards would promote organizational creativity. Based on synergic perspective and organic integration theory, beginning with probing into different source of motivation, this paper constructs a moderated mediation model, and explores the mechanism of interaction of organizational motivation and leadership style on organizational creativity. Using 999 questionnaires from 116 Chineseenterprises organizational level samples for empirical research through individual data aggregation and analysis, conclusions are drawn as follows:Organizational material rewards' impact on organizational creativity is not significant, while organizational development rewards are positively related to organizational creativity. There are synergistic effects between organizational development motivation and transactional leadership upon organizational creativity; as well as between organizational financial motivation and transformational leadership. Interdepartmental cooperation positively mediates the relationship between formal rewards and organizational creativity. The results enrich the literature of motivation synergy, extend the influence border of leadership style, and provide important practical implication for incentive reform and organizational creativity improvement.

Key words: organizational material rewards, organizational development rewards, transactional leadership, transformational leadership, inter-departmental cooperation, organizational creativity

Ma Xifang, Zhong Genyuan, Yan Shifu. Study on the Synergic Influences of Organizational Motivation and Leadership on Organizational Creativity[J]. , 2018, 30(8): 153-167.

References

[1] Zhu D., Jones M. L. Huawei:An Exemplar for Organizational Change in A Modern Environment[J]. Journal of Information Technology Education, 2014,3(1):1-13
[2] Kerr J., Slocum J. W. Managing Corporate Culture Through Reward Systems[J]. The Academy of Management Executive, 1987,12(2):99-107
[3] 马喜芳,颜世富,钟根元. 基于互动博弈的组织不同层级间激励协同机制设计[J]. 软科学, 2016,30(11):86-90
[4] Bushardt S. C., Glascoff D. W., Doty D. H. Organizational Culture, Formal Reward Structure, and Effective Strategy Implementation:A Conceptual Model[J]. Journal of Organizational Culture Communications & Conflict, 2011,15(2):57-70
[5] Wah L. Pay Design Influences Company Performance[J]. Management Review, 2000,89(3):8-8
[6] Panagiotakopoulos A. The Impact of Employee Learning on Staff Motivation in Greek Small Firms:The Employees' Perspective[J]. Development and Learning in Organizations, 2013,27(2):13-15
[7] Day R. H., Cyert R. M., March J. G., et al. A Behavioral Theory of the Firm[J]. Mpra Paper, 2004,4(2):81-95
[8] Gersick C. J., Hackman J. R. Habitual Routines in Task-Performing Groups[J]. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 1990,47(1):65-97
[9] Huang X., Vliert E. V. D., Vliert E. V. D. Job Formalization and Cultural Individualism as Barriers to Trust in Management[J]. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 2006,6(2):221-242
[10] Schwenk M., Kock A., Gemuenden H. G. How Autonomy and Formalization Influence the Effect of Group Creativity on Product Innovativeness[C]. Academy of Management Proceedings. Academy of Management, 2014
[11] Ohly S., Sonnentag S., Pluntke F. Routinization, Work Characteristics and Their Relationships with Creative and Proactive Behaviors[J]. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2006,27(3):257-279
[12] 马喜芳,颜世富. 变革型领导一定比交易型领导更有效吗? CEO领导风格、组织激励对组织绩效的协同性研究[J]. 中国人力资源开发, 2015,24(19):47-55
[13] Olson E. M., Slater S. F., Hult G. T. M. The Performance Implications of Fit Among Business Strategy, Marketing Organization Structure, and Strategic Behavior[J]. Journal of Marketing, 2013,69(3):49-65
[14] Malik M. A. R., Butt A. N., Jin N. C. Rewards and Employee Creative Performance:Moderating Effects of Creative Self-efficacy, Reward Importance, and Locus of Control[J]. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2015,36(1):59-74
[15] Armstrong M., Murlis H. Reward Management:A Handbook of Remuneration Strategy and Practice[M]. London:Kogan Page Publishers, 2007
[16] Jia L., Shaw J. D., Tsui A. S., et al. A Social-Structural Perspective on Employee-Organization Relationships and Team Creativity[J]. Academy of Management Journal, 2014,57(3):869-891
[17] Milkovich G., George T. Compensation/11th ed[M]. 北京:中国人民大学出版社, 2014
[18] 马喜芳,颜世富. 创业导向对组织创造力的作用机制研究——基于组织情境视角[J]. 研究与发展管理, 2016,28(1):73-83
[19] Crainer S. The Management Century:A Critical Review of 20th Century Thought and Practice[M]. San Francisco:Jossey-Bass, 2000
[20] Ryan R. M., Deci E. L. Chapter 2——When Rewards Compete with Nature:The Undermining of Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Regulation[M]. San Diego, CA:Academic Press, 2000
[21] Moller A. C., Ryan R. M., Deci E. L. Self-Determination Theory and Public Policy:Improving the Quality of Consumer Decisions Without Using Coercion[J]. Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, 2013,25(1):104-116
[22] Amabile B. T. M. A Model of Creativity and Innovation in Organizations[J]. Research in Organizational Behavior, 2010,10(10):123-167
[23] 马君,赵红丹. 任务意义与奖励对创造力的影响——创造力角色认同的中介作用与心理框架的调节作用[J]. 南开管理评论, 2015,18(6):46-59
[24] Byron K., Khazanchi S. Rewards and Creative Performance:A Meta-analytic Test of Theoretically Derived Hypotheses[J]. Psychological Bulletin, 2012,138(4):809-30
[25] Acar O. A., Ende J. V. D. When Less Is More:The Role of Prosocial Motivation in the Reward-Creativity Link[J]. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2013,2013(1):16394-16394
[26] 王春晓,朱虹. 地位焦虑、物质主义与炫耀性消费——中国人物质主义倾向的现状、前因及后果[J]. 北京社会科学, 2016,(5):31-40
[27] Gneezy U., Rey-Biel P. When and Why Incentives (Don't) Work to Modify Behavior[J]. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2011,25(4):191-210
[28] Eisenberger R., Byron K. Rewards and Creativity[J]. Encyclopedia of Creativity, 2011,(2):313-318
[29] Cooke F. L., Saini D. S. (How) Does the HR Strategy Support an Innovation Oriented Business Strategy? An Investigation of Institutional Context and Organizational Practices in Indian Firms[J]. Human Resource Management, 2010,49(3):377-400
[30] Shipton H., West M. A., Dawson J., et al. HRM as a Predictor of Innovation[J]. Human Resource Management Journal, 2006,16(1):3-27
[31] Li Y., Zhao Y., Liu Y. The Relationship Between HRM, Technology Innovation and Performance in China[J]. International Journal of Manpower, 2006,27(7):679-697
[32] Zhou J., Oldham G. R. Enhancing Creative Performance:Effects of Expected Developmental Assessment Strategies and Creative Personality[J]. The Journal of Creative Behavior, 2001,35(3):151-167
[33] Ellinger A. E., Keller S. B., Ellinger A. D. Developing Interdepartmental Integration:An Evaluation of Three Strategic Approaches for Performance Improvement[J]. Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2000,13(3):41-59
[34] Mayer J., Seitz K. F., Kuprat T. Developing a Cybernetic Model of Interdepartmental Logistic Interactions in SME[J]. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Social, Behavioral, Educational, Economic, Business and Industrial Engineering, 2014,8(5):1475-1478
[35] Hong J., Lee O. K., Suh W. The Effects and Influential Factors of Employee's Knowledge Integration Capability in the Convergence Environment[J]. Journal of Applied Psychology, 2013,96(1):308-315
[36] de Boer M., Van Den Bosch F. A. J., Volberda H. W. Managing Organizational Knowledge Integration in the Emerging Multimedia Complex[J]. Journal of Management Studies, 1999,36(3):379-398
[37] Appley D. G., Winder A. E. An Evolving Definition of Collaboration and Some Implications for the World of Work[J]. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 1977,13(3):279-291
[38] Woodman R. W., Sawyer J. E., Griffin R. W. Toward a Theory of Organizational Creativity[J]. Academy of Management Review, 1993,18(2):293-321
[39] Kohn A. By All Available Means:Cameron and Pierce's Defense of Extrinsic Motivators[J]. Review of Educational Research, 1996,66(1):1-4
[40] Gasiorowska A., Chaplin L. N., Zaleskiewicz T., et al. Money Cues Increase Agency and Decrease Prosociality among Children:Early Signs of Market-Mode Behaviors[J]. Psychological Science, 2016,27(3):331-344
[41] Byron K., Khazanchi S. Rewards and Creative Performance:A Meta-Analytic Test of Theoretically Derived Hypotheses[J]. Psychological Bulletin, 2012,138(4):809-830
[42] Andrews M. C., Kacmar K. M. Discriminating among Organizational Politics, Justice, and Support[J]. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2001,22(4):347-366
[43] Bono J. E., Judge T. A. Self-Concordance at Work:Toward Understanding the Motivational Effects of Transformational Leaders[J]. Academy of Management Journal, 2003,46(5):554-571
[44] Vroom V. H., Jago A. G. The Role of the Situation in Leadership[J]. American Psychologist, 2007,62(1):17-24
[45] Burns J. M. Leadership[M]. New York:Harper & Row, 1978
[46] Bass B. M. Leadership and Performance Beyond Expectations[M]. New York:Free Press, 1985
[47] Graves L. M., Sarkis J., Zhu Q. How Transformational Leadership and Employee Motivation Combine to Predict Employee Proenvironmental Behaviors in China[J]. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2013,35(8):81-91
[48] Haghsheno S., Gehbauer F. Defining Cooperation and Collaboration in the Context of Lean Construction[J]. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, 2014,49(3):1269-1280
[49] Hadfield G. K. Problematic Relations:Franchising and the Law of Incomplete Contracts[J]. Stanford Law Review, 1990,42(4):927-992
[50] Bester H., Krähmer D. Exit Options in Incomplete Contracts with Asymmetric Information[J]. Journal of Economic Theory, 2012,147(5):1947-1968
[51] Zareen M., Razzaq K., Mujtaba B. G. Impact of Transactional, Transformational and Laissez-Faire Leadership Styles on Motivation:A Quantitative Study of Banking Employees in Pakistan[J]. Public Organization Review, 2015,15(4):531-549
[52] Goncalo J. A., Staw B. M. Individualism-collectivism and Group Creativity[J]. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2006,100(1):96-109
[53] Collins C. J., Smith K. G. Knowledge Exchange and Combination:The Role of Human Resource Practices in the Performance of High-technology Firms[J]. Academy of Management Journal, 2006,49(3):544-560
[54] Podsakoff P. M., Bommer W. H., Podsakoff N. P., et al. Relationships Between Leader Reward and Punishment Behavior and Subordinate Attitudes, Perceptions, and Behaviors:A Meta-Analytic Review of Existing and New Research[J]. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2006,99(2):113-142
[55] Khan V., Rizvi S. M. H., Hasnain A., et al. Relationship of Leadership Styles, Employees Commitment and Organization Performance (A Study on Customer Support Representatives)[J]. Special Paper of the Geological Society of America, 2012,325(3):63-91
[56] Edwards J. R., Lambert L. S. Methods for Integrating Moderation and Mediation:A General Analytical Framework Using Moderated Path Analysis[J]. Psychological Methods, 2007,12(1):1-22
[57] Preacher K. J., Hayes A. F. Asymptotic and Resampling Strategies for Assessing and Comparing Indirect Effects in Multiple Mediator Models[J]. Behavior Research Methods, 2008,40(3):879-891
[58] Avolio B. J., Bass B. M., Jung D. I. Re-examining the Components of Transformational and Transactional Leadership Using the Multifactor Leadership[J]. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 1999,72(4):441-462
[59] Waldman D. A., Ramirez G. G., House R. J., et al. Does Leadership Matter? CEO Leadership Attributes and Profitability Under Conditions of Perceived Environmental Uncertainty[J]. Academy of Management Journal, 2001,44(1):134-143
[60] Daan van K., Sim B. S. A Critical Assessment of Charismatic——Transformational Leadership Research:Back to the Drawing Board?[J]. The Academy of Management Annals, 2013,7(1):1-60
[61] Kogut B., Zander U. Knowledge of the Firm, Combinative Capabilities, and the Replication of Technology[J]. Organization Science, 1992,3(3):383-397
[62] Lee H., Choi B. Knowledge Management Enablers, Processes, and Organizational Performance:An Integrative View and Empirical Examination[J]. Journal of Management Information Systems, 2003,20(1):179-228
[63] Podsakoff P. M., Organ D. W. Self-Report in Organizational Research[J]. Journal of Management, 1986,12(4):531-544
[64] Preacher K. J., Rucker D. D., Hayes A. F. Addressing Moderated Mediation Hypotheses:Theory, Methods, and Prescriptions[J]. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 2007,42(1):185-227
[65] 马君,刘婷. 重赏之下必有勇夫?研发人员的工作价值需求与激励错位对创造力的抑制[J]. 管理评论, 2015,27(7):94-104