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The Role of Job Challenge and Organizational Identification in Enhancing Creative Behavior among Employees in the Workplace
Author(s) -
CARMELI ABRAHAM,
COHENMEITAR RAVIT,
ELIZUR DOV
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the journal of creative behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.896
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2162-6057
pISSN - 0022-0175
DOI - 10.1002/j.2162-6057.2007.tb01282.x
Subject(s) - creativity , identification (biology) , organizational identification , psychology , work (physics) , creative work , work behavior , job performance , organizational commitment , public relations , social psychology , job satisfaction , political science , engineering , law , biology , mechanical engineering , botany
Organizations recognize the importance of creative employees and constantly explore ways to enhance their employees' creative behavior. Creativity research has directed substantial efforts to understanding how work environment fosters creativity. Yet, this research has paid little attention to the importance of specific characteristics of the work environment and organizational identification in augmenting creative behavior in employees at work. The present study examines the influence of job challenge on employees' creative behavior, arguing that organizational identification plays a mediating role in this relationship. The results show that organizational identification mediates the relationship between job challenge and employees' creative behavior.