Creative leaders create ‘unsung heroes’: leader creativity and subordinate organizational citizenship behavior

Xiao Deng, Zhishuang Guan

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Front. Bus. Res. China ›› 2017, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (2) : 292-307. DOI: 10.1186/s11782-017-0013-7
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Creative leaders create ‘unsung heroes’: leader creativity and subordinate organizational citizenship behavior

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As leader creativity is found to be effective at promoting outcomes for organizations, more and more organizations select creative individuals as leaders. However, the influence of leader creativity has not received enough attention. Thus, this research seeks to focus on the potential influences of leader creativity in organizations. Based on social cognitive theory, we explore the relationship between leader creativity and subordinate organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). We find that leader creativity is positively related to subordinate OCB, and perceived team creative efficacy mediates the relationship. Moreover, creative self-efficacy moderates the relationships between perceived team creative efficacy and subordinate OCB. We then discuss implications and limitations, and suggest directions for future research.

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Creativity / Social cognitive theory / Human agency perspective / OCB / Efficacy

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Xiao Deng, Zhishuang Guan. Creative leaders create ‘unsung heroes’: leader creativity and subordinate organizational citizenship behavior. Front. Bus. Res. China, 2017, 11(2): 292‒307 https://doi.org/10.1186/s11782-017-0013-7

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