| When Coworkers’ Incompetence Accusations Hinder My Psychological Safety and Creativity: The Moderating Role of Servant Leadership |
Received:October 16, 2017 Revised:October 16, 2017 |
Key Words: incompetence accusation, creativity, psychological safety, servant leadership |
| Author Name | Affiliation | | Ye Li* | Guanghua School of Management, Peking University | | Riyou Mao | School of Business Administration, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics | | Jiang Wang | Guanghua School of Management, Peking University |
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Abstract: |
| Based on social information processing theory, we delineate coworkers and leaders as relevant and important social information sources for employees’ creativity. We propose that perception of coworker incompetence accusations reduces employees’ psychological safety and in turn hinders creativity. Moreover, servant leadership, signaling positive social information, counterbalances the negative effect of coworker incompetence accusations on psychological safety and sequential creativity. Time-lagged data collected from 326 dyads of supervisors and subordinates confirmed the moderated mediation framework. Theoretical and practical implications with future research directions are also discussed. |
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