An Empirical Study on the Relationship between Job Demands and Employee Creative Behavior

Abstract

Abstract:

The present study examines the effects of job demands on employee creative behavior. Using a sample of R&D employees and their immediate supervisors, results show that self-set expectations for creativity mediate the job demands employee creative behavior relationship and the need for change moderate this mediating relationship for the path from job demands to creative self-expectations. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Key words: job demands, the need for change, creative self-expectations, employee creative behavior

Liu Ye, Qu Rujie, Shi Kan, Deng Maicun. An Empirical Study on the Relationship between Job Demands and Employee Creative Behavior[J]. , 2018, 30(7): 162-172.

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