A cross-level examination of the process linking transformational leadership and creativity: The role of psychological safety climate

Zhou, Q.; Pan, W.

doi:10.1080/08959285.2015.1021050

A cross-level examination of the process linking transformational leadership and creativity: The role of psychological safety climate

Zhou, Q.; Pan, W.

Authors

Q. Zhou

W. Pan

Abstract

Drawing on the social information process perspective, we hypothesized that transformational leadership fosters psychological safety climate leading to enhanced individual-level creative process engagement. Furthermore, psychological safety climate was hypothesized to strengthen the relationship between creative process engagement and employee creativity. The hypothesized model was tested with data obtained from a sample of 358 employees and their supervisors from two organizations in the People’s Republic of China. Results of hierarchical linear modeling analysis revealed that transformational leadership influenced creative process engagement via psychological safety climate. Furthermore, psychological safety climate moderated the creative process engagement–creativity relationship such that the relationship was stronger in groups with high rather than low psychological safety climate.

Citation

Zhou, Q., & Pan, W. (2015). A cross-level examination of the process linking transformational leadership and creativity: The role of psychological safety climate. Human Performance, 28(5), 405-424. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959285.2015.1021050

Journal Article Type	Article
Online Publication Date	Oct 29, 2015
Publication Date	Oct 29, 2015
Deposit Date	Apr 1, 2016
Publicly Available Date	Oct 29, 2016
Journal	Human Performance
Print ISSN	0895-9285
Electronic ISSN	1532-7043
Publisher	Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	28
Issue	5
Pages	405-424
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/08959285.2015.1021050
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1415491

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Human Performance on 29/10/2015, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/08959285.2015.1021050.