The Influence of Creative Process Engagement on Employee Creative Performance and Overall Job Performance: A Curvilinear Assessment

Integrating theories addressing attention and activation with creativity literature, we found an inverted U-shaped relationship between creative process engagement and overall job performance among professionals in complex jobs in an information technology firm. Work experience moderated the curvili...

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Published inJournal of applied psychology Vol. 95; no. 5; pp. 862 - 873
Main Authors Zhang, Xiaomeng, Bartol, Kathryn M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Psychological Association 01.09.2010
Subjects
Adult
Adult Education
China
Correlation
Creativity
Employee Performance Appraisal - methods
Employee Performance Appraisal - statistics & numerical data
Employees
Employment - psychology
Evaluation Methods
Female
Humans
Information Technology
Job Performance
Learner Engagement
Literature
Male
Professional Competence - statistics & numerical data
Theories
Work Experience
China
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Summary:Integrating theories addressing attention and activation with creativity literature, we found an inverted U-shaped relationship between creative process engagement and overall job performance among professionals in complex jobs in an information technology firm. Work experience moderated the curvilinear relationship, with low-experience employees generally exhibiting higher levels of overall job performance at low to moderate levels of creative process engagement and high-experience employees demonstrating higher overall performance at moderate to high levels of creative process engagement. Creative performance partially mediated the relationship between creative process engagement and job performance. These relationships were tested within a moderated mediation framework. (Contains 2 footnotes, 3 tables, and 3 figures.)
ISSN:0021-9010
1939-1854
DOI:10.1037/a0020173