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| A Cross-Level Empirical Study on Work Stressor on Employee Radical and Incremental Creativity |
| FENG Ming，HU Yufei |
| Chongqing University, Chongqing, China |
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Abstract Based on the Job Demand-Resource model and Social Comparison theory, this study explores the differential effects of challenge and hindrance stressor on employee dual creativity and the mediating role of job crafting as well as the cross-level moderating role of LMX differentiation. Using software such as SPSS and M-plus to conduct empirical research on the survey data of 588 sets of samples from 131 teams, some conclusions are drawn as follows: Firstly, challenge stressor positively promotes employee dual creativity, while hindrance stressor is the opposite. The impact of work stressor on radical creativity is more significant than incremental creativity. When faced with challenging stress, employees generate the dual creativity through job crafting, while when faced with hindrance stress, employees are reluctant to redesign their work, which is not conductive to the generation of dual creativity. At the same time, LMX differentiation moderates the relationship between the dual stressor and job crafting at the group level. The specific manifestation is that the higher the degree of LMX differentiation, the weaker the positive relationship between challenge stressor and job crafting, and the stronger the negative relationship between hindrance stressor and job crafting. The research not only provides a theoretical basis for the path of employee dual creativity, but also offers practical guidance for leaders to effectively enhance employee creativity.
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Received: 16 August 2020
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