The Impact of High Performance Human Resource Practices on Employee Creativity: A Person-job Fit Perspective

Abstract

Abstract:

As the main source of innovation and competitive advantage, creativity has received increasing attention in recent years. However, how high performance human resource practice affects individual creativity has not been fully understood, though it is important in work context. In a survey of 466 employees, the impact of high performance human resource practice on employee creativity and its mechanism is studied. Findings show that high performance human resource practice has a positive effect on employee creativity, which is mediated by both demand-ability fit and need-supply fit. Furthermore, this affect can be different according to individual characteristic. High performance human resource practice will be strongly related to employee creativity for those who can tolerate ambiguity in work place, and the impact will be limited for others who have a low level of tolerance of ambiguity.

Key words: employee creativity, high performance human resource practice, demand-ability fit, need-supply fit, tolerance of ambiguity

Hou Yu, Hu Bei. The Impact of High Performance Human Resource Practices on Employee Creativity: A Person-job Fit Perspective[J]. , 2019, 31(3): 131-142.

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