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Employee Goal Orientation in Relation to Creative Performance

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: The present study examined the relationship between employee goal orientation and creativity and whether openness to experience moderated these relations.Survey data (N=108) were collected from volunteers across three non-profit organizations.As hypothesized, it was found that learning goal orientation was positively related to creative performance, and avoiding goal orientation was negatively related to creativity.Furthermore, it was found that openness to experience moderated the relationship between proving goal orientation and creative performance.

Source: San Jose State University Scholar Works (San Jose State University)

Authors: Nancy Da Silva, M. D Borlongan-Conway, H. Tokunaga

Institution: San Jose State University

Language: English

Topic: Creativity in Education and Neuroscience

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2201293229

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Cites: 19

Cited by: 4

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