声明
Abstract
摘要
CONTENTS
List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Acronyms and Abbreviation
1 Introduction
1.1 Background and Motivation
1.2 Objectives and Research Questions of the Study
1.3 Theoretical Footing and Innovation Points
1.4 Organization of the Thesis
2 Literature Review
2.1 ConceptuaIization of Organizational Creativity
2.2 Componential Theory of Creativity
2.2.1 Domain-Relevant Skills
2.2.2 Creative-Relevant Skills
2.2.3 Intrinsic Task Motivation
2.2.4 Creative Work Environment
2.3 Exchange Relations at Workplace
2.3.1 Help Seeking and Help Giving Behaviors
2.3.2 Creative Idea Generation
2.4 Theory of Creative Cognition
2.5 Social Exchange Theory
2.6 A Theoretical Extension of Helping Interaction and Organizational Creativity
2.7 Chapter Summary
3 Hypotheses Development
3.1 Help Giving,Idea Generation and Organizational Creativity
3.1.1 Mediating Role of Idea Generation
3.1.2 Mediating Role of Help Giving
3.2 Moderating Role of Help Seeking
3.3 Chapter Summary
4 Model Specification and Methodology
4.2 Research Philosophy and Design
4.3 Population and Units of Inquiry
4.4 Population Area and Sample
4.4.1 Sample Size Determination
4.4.2 Ethical Consideration
4.5 Data Collection Process
4.6 Variables and Measurements
4.6.1 The Independent Variables
4.6.2 Mediating Variables
4.6.3 Moderating Variable
4.6.4 Dependent Variable
4.6.5 Control Variables
4.7 Analytical Technique
4.7.1 PLS-SEM
4.7.2 A Quantile Econometric Model
4.8 Chapter Summary
5 Helping Relations,Idea Generation and Organizational Creativity
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Multivariate Assumptions
5.2.1 Multicollinearity and Singularity
5.2.2 Normality and Linearity
5.3 Descriptive statistics
5.4 Assessing the Constructs Validity
5.5 Common Method Bias
5.6 Impact of Help Interactions on Idea Generation
5.6.1 Validation of the Mediation Effect
5.6.2 Validation of the Moderation Effect
5.7 Helping Interactions,Idea Generation and Organizational Creativity
5.7.1 Serial Mediation Model
5.7.2 Dual-Stage Moderated Mediation Models
5.8 Concluding Remarks
6 Estimating the Conditional Threshold Effect of Helping Interactions on Creativity
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Modelling Organizational Creativity in a Quantile Framework
6.3 Result and Discussion
6.3.1 Helping Relations and Generation of Creative Ideas
6.3.2 The Impact of Helping Relations and Idea Generation on Organizational Creativity
6.4 Concluding Remarks
7 Conclusions and Impl ications
7.1 Conclusions
7.2 Theoretical Contributions
7.3 Practical Implications
7.4 Limitations and Future Research Direction
References
Appendices
Acknowledgment
Curriculum Vitae
Research Publications during Ph.D.Period
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