Is stress always bad? the role of job stress in producing innovative ideas

IF 3.2 4区管理学 Q1 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Knowledge Management Research & Practice Pub Date : 2023-06-08 DOI:10.1080/14778238.2023.2219402

Jie Li, Yijing Liao, Wangshuai Wang, Xue Han, Zhiming Cheng, Gong Sun

引用次数: 2

Abstract

Drawing from activation theory and conservation of resources (COR) theory, we propose that there is a curvilinear (inverted U-shaped) relationship between job stress and creativity, and that this curvilinear effect will be moderated by thriving, which is a key to acquiring work or non-work knowledge to mitigate pressure. We conducted two studies: a lab experiment with 90 students from a university in eastern China and a questionnaire survey of 218 supervisor – subordinate dyads from a large state-owned enterprise in northern China. The results show that participants achieve higher performance on creative tasks when they have a moderate rather than low or high level of job stress. In addition, when thriving is high, employees can maintain a high level of creativity through knowledge acquisition and learning, regardless of how stressed they feel at work. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.

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压力总是坏事吗?工作压力在产生创新想法中的作用

根据激活理论和资源守恒理论，我们提出工作压力与创造力之间存在曲线关系(倒u型)，并且这种曲线效应将被蓬勃发展所缓和，这是获得工作或非工作知识以缓解压力的关键。我们进行了两项研究:一项是对中国东部一所大学的90名学生进行的实验室实验，另一项是对中国北方一家大型国有企业的218名上下级人员进行的问卷调查。结果表明，当参与者的工作压力适度而不是低或高时，他们在创造性任务上的表现会更好。此外，当欣欣向荣时，员工可以通过知识获取和学习保持高水平的创造力，而不管他们在工作中感到多大的压力。讨论了今后研究的意义和方向。

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期刊介绍： Knowledge management is a term that has worked its way into the mainstream of both academic and business arenas since it was first coined in the 1980s. Interest has increased rapidly during the last decade and shows no signs of abating. The current state of the knowledge management field is that it encompasses four overlapping areas: •Managing knowledge (creating/acquiring, sharing, retaining, storing, using, updating, retiring) •Organisational learning •Intellectual capital •Knowledge economics Within (and across) these, knowledge management has to address issues relating to technology, people, culture and systems.