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Self-sacrificial leadership and employee creativity: The mediating role of psychological safety

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: Previous research has revealed the importance of leadership in promoting employee creativity. However, the mechanism by which selfsacrificial leadership facilitates employee creativity is not well understood. We proposed a model explaining why self-sacrificial leadership may enhance employee creativity, which we tested with data from 206 part-time Master of Business Administration students and their supervisors at two Chinese universities. Results of structural equation modeling analysis show that self-sacrificial leadership had a positive relationship with employee creativity, both directly and also indirectly through the mediator of psychological safety. These findings shed light on how self-sacrificial leadership helps to enhance employee creativity. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Source: Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal

DOI: 10.2224/sbp.9496

Authors: Xuzhuo Liang, Jianchang Fan

Institutions: Xi'an Jiaotong University, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Language: English

Topic: Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior

Subfield: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W3110140643

FWCI: 1.884

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