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How does Conscientiousness Relate to Employee Creativity? A Study on Chinese Technical Workers

Building on the interactionist perspective of organizational creativity and the conservation of resource theory, we investigated to what extent and under what conditions conscientiousness affects employee creativity. We surveyed 260 technical workers and their supervisors at three Chinese manufacturing enterprises. Results showed a positive relationship between conscientiousness and employee creativity. We also found a three way interaction effect, in which the conscientiousness- creativity relationship was more pronounced for those who had medium levels of time pressure, no matter whether the employees had high or low levels of trust in their leader. Our paper ends with a discussion on both theoretical and managerial implications.