ERIC Number: EJ1288359
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Mar
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The Mediation Effect of Ethical Leadership and Creative Performance: A Social Information Processing Perspective
Wadei, Kwame Ansong; Chen, Lu; Frempong, Joseph; Appienti, William Ansah
Journal of Creative Behavior, v55 n1 p241-254 Mar 2021
Drawing upon social information processing theory, the study examined how ethical leadership shapes creative performance. Specifically, we tested a theoretical model integrating the sequential roles of psychological safety and creative self-efficacy. A two-waved sample of 512 supervisor-subordinate dyads from frontline employees of three service industries located in Ghana was administered. The results of the hierarchical linear modeling analysis revealed that there is a positive relationship between ethical leadership and creative performance and that psychological safety positively and significantly mediates the relationship between ethical leadership and creative performance. Similarly, creative self-efficacy significantly and positively mediates the relationship between ethical leadership and creative performance. Moreover, both psychological safety and creative self-efficacy sequentially mediate the relationship between ethical leadership and creative performance. We discuss the implications of these results for research and practice.
Descriptors: Ethics, Leadership Effectiveness, Creativity, Performance Factors, Security (Psychology), Self Efficacy, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Service Occupations, Foreign Countries, Employees
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ghana
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