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An Overview of the Effect of Leadership on Employees’ Creativity

  

  1. 1.School of Management, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190;2.Kailuan (Group) Limited Liability Company, Tangshan 063018
  • Received:2012-06-19 Revised:2012-06-19 Online:2012-02-25 Published:2012-06-20

Abstract: The topic of the effect of leadership on employees’ creativity has received increasing attention in the literature. The present article gives a general overview of three aspects relevant to leading for creativity, and these are leader facets (traits, behaviors, and new leadership theories), four spheres of leadership influence (cognition, capacity, motivation and self-concept) and leadership levels. Finally, the present article provides some suggestions for future inquiry

Key words: leadership, employee creativity, influencing factor