The impact of threat perception and resource access of survivalemployees after firm downsizing on creativity

Long Jing; Li Jia; Zhu Fengling

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Science Research Management ›› 2013 ›› Issue (4) : 144-150.

The impact of threat perception and resource access of survivalemployees after firm downsizing on creativity

Long Jing, Li Jia, Zhu Fengling

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The impact mechanism of threat perception on the employees’ creativity after high-tech firm downsizing is examined. Based on the survey with a big sample, it is found that first, if employees consider downsizing as an opportunity (or threat), then they would exhibited greater (or less) creativity after downsizing; second, resource access has a positive impact on employees’ creativity; and third, resources access moderates the relationship between threat perception and self-perceived creativity in such a way, that is, comparing with employees who think downsizing as an opportunity, the employees who think downsizing as a threat experience greater creativity when resource access is high than when resource access is low.

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downsizing / employee creativity / threat perception / resource access

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Long Jing, Li Jia, Zhu Fengling. The impact of threat perception and resource access of survivalemployees after firm downsizing on creativity[J]. Science Research Management. 2013(4): 144-150

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