Authentic leadership, positive atmosphere and subordinate creativity

Abstract

Abstract: Previous studies on the relationship between authentic leadership and creativity were lack of explorations with positive atmosphere as a medium. In this study, 69 team leaders and 335 team members from Chinese local enterprises were taken as a sample, and an empirical study was conducted to test the impact of authentic leadership to the subordinates' creativity. The results showed the authentic leadership has a positive effect on team trust and psychological safety atmosphere, and through the two mediating variables, it has a positive influence on the individual knowledge sharing behavior and creativity, and knowledge sharing has a significant effect on the creativity. Therefore, in order to improve the creativity of employees, leaders not only need to shape their own authentic leadership style, but also need to build a team atmosphere based on trust and psychological safety. This paper has a significant enlightenment to the leadership behavior theory and leadership practice.

Key words: authentic leadership, team atmosphere of trust, team atmosphere of psychological safety, knowledge sharing, creativity

CLC Number:

C933.2

Hao Meng, Cheng Zhichao. Authentic leadership, positive atmosphere and subordinate creativity[J]. Science Research Management, 2015, 36(12): 103-109.

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