Development of a Causal Framework Linking Leadership to Employee Creativity (original) (raw)

Few studies have focused on understanding how leadership is related to creativity. The first part of the study identifies a set of supervisor behaviors that has high potential to impact employee creativity. The second part of the study extends leadership theories by linking leader behaviors to employee creativity through justice perceptions, psychological capital and intrinsic motivation. The paper develops understanding about the role of extrinsic motivation in enhancing employee creativity and about the interrelationships between justice perceptions, psychological capital and intrinsic motivation. The study uses a combination of in-depth interviews and literature review to provide insights into the leadership-creativity relationship.