Halinski, M., Boekhorst, J. A., Allen, David G. and Good, J. R. L. (2024) Creativity during threat to organizational survival : the influence of employee creativity on downsizing survival selection. Journal of Management . doi:10.1177/01492063231216691 ISSN 0149-2063. (In Press)
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Abstract
Although research consistently shows that employee creativity contributes to positive outcomes for teams and organizations, we have limited insight into how employee creativity shapes the outcomes of those employees who demonstrate such creativity, particularly in the context of environmental uncertainties. Drawing from event system theory and threat rigidity theory, we argue that under a threat to organizational survival, incremental creativity has a positive, and radical creativity has a negative, indirect effect on downsizing survival selection via manager evaluations of employee job performance. Study 1 uses a unique three-wave, three source field study (n1 = 186) to provide support for our hypotheses. Studies 2 and 3 use experimental data (n2 = 410, n3 = 565) involving different scenarios of threats to organizational survival (i.e., organization’s innovation failure, competitor’s successful innovation) that provide further support for the hypothesized effects of radical creativity on manager evaluations of employee job performance. Post-hoc analyses reveal novel insights into how managers’ creativity preferences can influence their evaluation of the job performance of employees who demonstrate incremental creativity during threatening events.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Creative ability in business, Downsizing of organizations, Employees -- Dismissal of, Operational risk |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Management |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| ISSN: | 0149-2063 |
| Official Date: | 2024 |
| Dates: | Date Event 2024 Published 30 November 2023 Available 3 November 2023 Accepted |
| DOI: | 10.1177/01492063231216691 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | In Press |
| Re-use Statement: | Posted ahead of print. [Citation]. Copyright © [year] (Copyright Holder). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. DOI: .Users who receive access to an article through a repository are reminded that the article is protected by copyright and reuse is restricted to non-commercial and no derivative uses. |
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons open licence) |
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 29 November 2023 |
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 29 November 2023 |
| RIOXX Funder/Project Grant: | Project/Grant ID RIOXX Funder Name Funder ID Insight development grant Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada |
| URI: | https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/181374/ |
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