Creative and innovative performance: a meta-analysis of relationships with task, citizenship, and counterproductive job performance dimensions

By Michael B. Harari, Angela C. Reaves, C. Viswesvaran. Creativity and Innovation in Organizations, 2016

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Many studies have examined creative and innovative performance (CIP)–task performance, CIP–organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB), and CIP–counterproductive work behaviour (CWB) relationships in order to differentiate CIP from these established job performance dimensions. However, the overlap between CIP and these performance dimensions is still not clear due to mixed findings evident in the literature. To address this issue, we conducted a comprehensive meta-analytic review of empirical research into CIP–task performance, CIP–OCB, and CIP–CWB relationships derived from 39 studies and 40 independent samples. Overall, CIP was positively related to task performance (ρ = .55) and OCB (ρ = .56) and negatively related to CWB (ρ = −.23). We did not observe evidence suggesting that CIP measurement, rating source, OCB target, or CWB type moderated these relationships. Implications of our findings and directions for future research are discussed.

Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. C. Rudolph
2. H. Zacher
3. Anne‐Kathrin Kleine
4. Tim Vahle-Hinz
5. Ulla Kinnunen *
6. J. de Bloom
7. S. Mauno
8. Claire S. Johnston

In Management of Technology and Innovation

1. C. Rudolph
2. H. Zacher

In Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

1. S. Mauno
2. Ulla Kinnunen *
3. C. Rudolph
4. Anne‐Kathrin Kleine
5. Tim Vahle-Hinz
6. H. Zacher
7. J. de Bloom
8. Arnold B. Bakker

Citations in the corpus

• Rumination for innovation? Analysing the longitudinal effects of work-related rumination on creativity at work and off-job recovery (2017, background): “Furthermore, good recovery has been shown to improve work performance (Binnewies et al., 2009; de Jonge et al., 2012) and the ability to be creative in one’s job can be considered a key element of good work performance (see Harari et al., 2016; Koopmans et al., 2011).”
• Thriving at work: A meta‐analysis (2019, background): “Of note, the upper boundaries of the 95% confidence interval (.56 to .73) and the 80% credibility interval (.44 to .85) do not include 1.00, suggesting that these are distinct subdimensions (see Harari, Reaves, & Viswesvaran, 2016; Viswesvaran, Schmidt, & Ones, 2002).”