Within-Person Relationship between Creative Self-Efficacy and Individual Creativity: The Mediator of Creative Process Engagement and the Moderator of Regulatory Focus
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| Title: | Within-Person Relationship between Creative Self-Efficacy and Individual Creativity: The Mediator of Creative Process Engagement and the Moderator of Regulatory Focus |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Li, Ci-Rong, Yang, Yanyu, Lin, Chen-Ju, Xu, Ying |
| Source: | Journal of Creative Behavior. Mar 2021 55(1):63-78. |
| Availability: | Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 16 |
| Publication Date: | 2021 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Creativity, Self Efficacy, Metacognition, Research and Development, Employees, Correlation, Prevention |
| DOI: | 10.1002/jocb.435 |
| ISSN: | 0022-0175 |
| Abstract: | Integrating the dynamic self-regulatory framework with the motivational self-regulation perspective, we theorize and test how and when creative self-efficacy increases individual creativity at the within-person level. Conceptualizing creative process engagement as a self-regulation effort, we theorize that creative process engagement mediates the within-person effect of creative self-efficacy on individual creativity. We further explore how creative self-efficacy and chronic regulatory focus interact to affect the within-person mediating effect. A sample of 145 R&D workers provided two monthly reports for their creative activities and experiences over 8 months. The findings provide empirical support for the hypothesized mediating mechanism. At the within-person level, creative process engagement mediates the relationship between creative self-efficacy and individual creativity. The results also show that chronic regulatory focus moderated the mediated relationship. Specifically, creative self-efficacy is positively related to individual creativity for employees with a strong prevention focus and negatively related to individual creativity for employees with a strong promotion focus. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2021 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1288368 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Integrating the dynamic self-regulatory framework with the motivational self-regulation perspective, we theorize and test how and when creative self-efficacy increases individual creativity at the within-person level. Conceptualizing creative process engagement as a self-regulation effort, we theorize that creative process engagement mediates the within-person effect of creative self-efficacy on individual creativity. We further explore how creative self-efficacy and chronic regulatory focus interact to affect the within-person mediating effect. A sample of 145 R&D workers provided two monthly reports for their creative activities and experiences over 8 months. The findings provide empirical support for the hypothesized mediating mechanism. At the within-person level, creative process engagement mediates the relationship between creative self-efficacy and individual creativity. The results also show that chronic regulatory focus moderated the mediated relationship. Specifically, creative self-efficacy is positively related to individual creativity for employees with a strong prevention focus and negatively related to individual creativity for employees with a strong promotion focus. |
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| ISSN: | 0022-0175 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/jocb.435 |
