Why Do Employees Undertake Creative Action

By Kerrie L. Unsworth, C. Clegg. 2010

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology

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Leader–member exchange (LMX), job autonomy, and creative work involvement (2012, background): “Second, although creativity research has emphasized the role of job autonomy for fostering creativity (Amabile, 1983; Hennessey & Amabile, 2010; Unsworth & Clegg, 2010), and for its connection with leadership (Krause, 2004; Wang & Cheng, 2010), we are not aware of a single study that has tested the…”
Comparing Public and Private Sector Employees’ Innovative Behaviour: Understanding the role of job and organizational characteristics, job types, and subsectors (2015, unknown): “This relation between autonomy and innovativeness has been shown in several studies (Lee 2008; Miron et al. 2004; O’Reilly et al. 1991; Unsworth and Clegg 2010).”
Let's Dance! Elastic Coordination in Creative Group Work: A Qualitative Study of Modern Dancers (2014, unknown): “…for fostering creativity (Al-Beraidi & Rickards, 2006; Amabile, Conti, Coon, Lazenby, & Herron, 1996; Amabile & Gitomer, 1984; Amabile & Gryskiewicz, 1987; Grawitch, Munz, Elliott, & Mathis, 2003; Pelz, 1967; Shalley, 1991; Shalley, Gil- son, & Blum, 2000; Unsworth & Clegg, 2010; Zhou, 1998).”
Empowering leadership and employee creativity: A dual‐mechanism perspective (2018, background): “Instead, they can fully concentrate on the task at hand, engage in in-depth thinking, and put forth creative ideas without worrying about external constraints due to the lack of necessary resources (Cani€els, De Stobbeleir, & De Clippeleer, 2014; Unsworth & Clegg, 2010).”
In Praise of Clark Kent: Creative Metacognition and the Importance of Teaching Kids When (Not) to Be Creative (2013, background): “Unsworth and Clegg (2010), for example, found that one of the key determinants of employee creativity (alongside such constructs as motivation and organizational encouragement) was having enough time allowed for a task.”
Exploring Managerial Mechanisms that Influence Innovative Work Behaviour: Comparing private and public employees (2014, result): “In particular, the results show that public employees’ creative performance requires managerial recognition and a feeling of employment safety in order to decrease the risk associated with innovative work behaviour – a finding in congruence with literature (Unsworth and Clegg 2010).”