Motivation and hindrance: the mixed blessing of paradoxical leader behaviour for workplace creativity in China. Issue 1 (1st January 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Geng, Zizhen; Wang, Yanfen; Fan, Youqing; Shan, Chunxia
• Is Part Of: Asia Pacific business review. Volume 29:Issue 1(2023)
• Page Start: 206
• Page End: 226
• Publication Date: 2023-01-01
• Subjects: Paradoxical leader behaviour -- double-edged sword effects -- creative self-efficacy -- role ambiguity -- creativity; Asia -- Commerce -- Periodicals; 338.095
• DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2134965
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1360-2381

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Drawing upon the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model, this study tests an integrated theoretical framework in which paradoxical leader behaviour (PLB) is theorized to hinder and motivate employee creativity through role ambiguity and creative self-efficacy. The moderating effects of job complexity and cognitive flexibility on the above effects are also investigated. The 317 samples collected from the three-wave survey in China demonstrate that in the hindering process, PLB attenuates employee creativity via role ambiguity, and in the motivating process, PLB increases employee creativity via creative self-efficacy. Furthermore, cognitive flexibility and job complexity can magnify the positive impact of PLB on employee creativity via creative self-efficacy, while cognitive flexibility can buffer the negative impact of PLB on employee creativity via role ambiguity.