The Influence of Creativity-Relevant Skill on Creativity —— A Moderated Mediation Model

Abstract

Employee creativity is very important for enhancing enterprise innovation ability to seize the opportunity in fierce competition. Based on the componential theory of creativity, this paper explores the influence of creativity-relevant skills on creativity through the transmission mechanism with Chinese characteristics. It has been found that creativity-relevant skills promote creativity has a dual path by enhancing creativity role identification and weakening mental transformation costs. At the same time, creative job requirement not only significantly regulate the positive and negative relationship between creativity role identity, mental transformation costs and creativity, but also significantly moderated the mediating effect of creativity-relevant skills on creativity through creative role identity and mental transformation costs. Managers should clarify the mechanism and focus on improving their creativity-relevant skills, so as to enhance their overall innovation capability.

Keywords: creativity-relevant skills; creativity role identity; mental transformation costs; creative job requirement; creativity