Abstract
Purpose: The present research aimed to develop and test cognitive processes through which instrumental leadership leads to creativity via problem-solving rumination and knowledge sharing with coworkers, based on the self-regulatory perspective of goal progress theory. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected from 166 male construction workers (nested within 19 male leaders) who completed the total of 1,642 daily diary questionnaires. Further, a group-mean centering approach and several control variables were used in order to improve causal inferences of the results. Findings: It was found that instrumental leadership predicts problem-solving rumination (an intrapersonal self-regulatory process) and knowledge sharing with coworkers (an interpersonal self-regulatory process), which, in turn, result in creativity. Originality/value: In addition to motivational processes that explain the relationships between several leadership styles and creativity, the current research found a crucial role of instrumental leadership in predicting creativity.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 543-563 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Leadership and Organization Development Journal |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2023.06.29 |
Keywords
- Creativity
- Instrumental leadership
- Knowledge sharing
- Problem-solving rumination
- Self-regulatory processes
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