Abstract Based on self-determination theory, this paper explores the main effect of CEO empowering leadership on top management team (TMT) creativity, the mediating effect of intrinsic motivation and moderating effect of top management team cognitive diversity. An empirical analysis based on 121 CEOs and 345 TMT members from 121 companies in China indicates that: (1) CEO empowering leadership has significantly positive effect on TMT creativity; (2) intrinsic motivation plays a mediating effect between CEO empowering leadership and TMT creativity; (3) top managers’ cognitive diversity positively moderates the relationship between intrinsic motivation and TMT creativity, that is to say, the higher the degree of cognitive diversity, the positive influence of intrinsic motivation on team creativity is more remarkable.
ZHAO Jinguo,SUN Wei,ZHU Xiaohong等. An Empirical Research on the Impact Mechanisms of CEO Empowering Leadership on TMT Creativity[J]. Chinese Journal of Management, 2019, 16(8): 1161-.
