Disentangling the relations among help-givers' instrumental helping ties, creativity, and creative idea implementation: A social network perspective

IF 3.7 3区管理学 Q2 MANAGEMENT

Creativity and Innovation Management Pub Date : 2024-02-05 DOI:10.1111/caim.12594

Tao Liu, Yanhui Mao, Shaokai Lu

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Abstract

How does the instrumental helping provided by individuals contribute to their creativity and subsequent implementation of creative ideas? This study aims to answer this question by investigating the relationship between help-givers' helping strength and idea implementation, with a focus on disaggregating instrumental helping ties into helping strength and helping breadth from a social network perspective. In addition, the present work explores the mediating role of creativity and the moderating role of helping breadth in this relationship. The sample for this study consisted of 206 R&D employees from an engineering technology research centre. The results indicated that helping strength exhibited a direct inverted U-shaped relationship with idea implementation and an indirect relationship through the mediating effect of creativity. Findings also demonstrated that helping breadth moderates the relationship between helping strength and idea implementation, with a shape-flip effect. Specifically, when helping breadth was low, helping strength had an inverted U-shaped relationship with idea implementation, whereas when helping breadth was high, the relationship shifted to a U-shape. This study offers theoretical and practical insights into an intricate mechanism that underlies the contingent connections among help-givers' instrumental helping ties, creativity, and idea implementation.

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厘清帮助者的工具性帮助关系、创造力和创意想法实施之间的关系：社会网络视角

个人提供的工具性帮助如何促进他们的创造力以及随后创意想法的实施？本研究旨在通过调查帮助者的帮助强度与创意实施之间的关系来回答这一问题，重点是从社会网络的角度将工具性帮助关系分解为帮助强度和帮助广度。此外，本研究还探讨了创造力的中介作用和帮助广度在这一关系中的调节作用。本研究的样本包括一家工程技术研究中心的 206 名研发人员。研究结果表明，帮助强度与想法的实施呈直接的倒 U 型关系，而通过创造力的中介作用，两者之间又存在间接关系。研究结果还表明，帮助广度可以调节帮助强度与想法实施之间的关系，并具有形状翻转效应。具体来说，当帮助广度较低时，帮助强度与想法实施之间呈倒 U 型关系，而当帮助广度较高时，两者之间的关系则转变为 U 型。这项研究从理论和实践上揭示了帮助者的工具性帮助联系、创造力和创意实施之间的复杂联系机制。

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Creativity and Innovation Management MANAGEMENT-

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期刊介绍： Creativity and Innovation Management bridges the gap between the theory and practice of organizing imagination and innovation. The journal''s central consideration is how to challenge and facilitate creative potential, and how then to embed this into results-oriented innovative business development. The creativity of individuals, coupled with structured and well-managed innovation projects, creates a sound base from which organizations may operate effectively within their inter-organizational and societal environment. Today, successful operations must go hand in hand with the ability to anticipate future opportunities. Therefore, a cultural focus and inspiring leadership are as crucial to an organization''s success as efficient structural arrangements and support facilities. This is reflected in the journal''s contents: -Leadership for creativity and innovation; the behavioural side of innovation management. -Organizational structures and processes to support creativity and innovation; interconnecting creative and innovative processes. -Creativity, motivation, work environment/creative climate and organizational behaviour, creative and innovative entrepreneurship. -Deliberate development of creative and innovative skills including the use of a variety of tools such as TRIZ or CPS. -Creative professions and personalities; creative products; the relationship between creativity and humour; arts and amp; humanities side of creativity.