Author ORCID Identifier

Reiter-Palmon https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8259-4516

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-12-2013

Publication Title

Journal of Creative Behavior

Volume

48

Issue

2

First Page

115

Last Page

135

Abstract

Previous research has pointed to the importance of transformational leadership in facilitating employees' creative outcomes. However, the mechanism by which transformational leadership cultivates employees' creative problem-solving capacity is not well understood. Drawing on theories of leadership, information processing and creativity, we proposed and tested a model in which psychological safety and reflexivity mediate the effect of transformational leadership and creative problem-solving capacity. The results of survey data collected at three points in time indicate that transformational leadership facilitates the development of employees' creative problem-solving capacity by shaping a climate of psychological safety conducive to reflexivity processes. However, the findings also indicate that psychological safety is related both directly and indirectly, through reflexivity, to employees' creative problem-solving capacity. This study sheds further light on the ways in which transformational leaders help to develop and cultivate employees' capacity for creative problem-solving.

Comments

This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Transformational Leadership and Creative Problem-Solving: The Mediating Role of Psychological Safety and Reflexivity by Abraham Carmeli, Zachary Sheaffer, Galy Binyamin, Roni Reiter-Palmon, and Tali Shimoni in the Journal of Creative Behavior, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.43. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.

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