Seeking Consensus can Find Differences: The Impact of the Heterogeneity of the Learning Goal Orientation Between Leader and Subordinate on Creativity

Abstract

Abstract: To investigate the interaction between leader and subordinate's learning goal-orientation on supervisor feedback environment as well as its impact on creative performance, a questionnaire survey was conducted among 305 supervisor-employee dyads with hierarchical regression analysis. The results showed that supervisor learning goal orientation was positively related to creativity. The relationship between the supervisor's learning goal orientation and creativity was mediated by a feedback environment. The relationship between the supervisor's learning goal orientation and the feedback environment was moderated by subordinate learning goal orientation. Comparing with low subordinate's learning goal orientation, when the learning goal orientation of subordinate was high, the leader's learning goal orientation had a great and significant positive impact on the feedback environment.

Key words: learning goal orientation, feedback environment, creativity

摘要： 为探讨领导-员工学习目标导向与领导反馈环境对员工创造力的交互作用机制，对305名领导-员工配对样本进行问卷调查。结果表明：（1）领导学习目标导向显著正向预测员工创造力；（2）领导反馈环境在领导学习目标导向和员工创造力之间起中介作用；（3）员工学习目标导向对领导学习目标导向和领导反馈环境之间的关系起调节作用，相对于学习目标导向低的员工，当员工学习目标导向高时，领导学习目标导向对反馈环境的积极影响大。

关键词: 学习目标导向, 反馈环境, 创造力

CLC Number:

B842.1

GONG Zhenxing, ZHANG Ying, LI Xinmin, ZHANG Tiantian. Seeking Consensus can Find Differences: The Impact of the Heterogeneity of the Learning Goal Orientation Between Leader and Subordinate on Creativity[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2020, 18(1): 128-135.

巩振兴, 张莹, 李新敏, 张甜甜. 求同方能存异：上下级学习目标导向契合对创造力的影响[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2020, 18(1): 128-135.

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