TY - JOUR
T1 - Are hopeful employees more creative? An empirical study
AU - Rego, Arménio
AU - Machado, Fernanda
AU - Leal, Susana
AU - Cunha, Miguel Pina E.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - We studied how employees' hope explains their creativity at work, both directly and through the mediation of happiness. One hundred and twenty-five individuals reported their hope and happiness, their supervisors having reported their creativity. Factor analyses suggested two hope factors (waypower; composite hope) and three creativity dimensions (novel ideas; creative ideas; ideas championing). The main findings were the following: (a) the composite hope predicted all creativity dimensions, the waypower dimension predicted only the ideas championing dimension; and (b) the composite hope measure also predicted creativity through the mediating role of happiness.
AB - We studied how employees' hope explains their creativity at work, both directly and through the mediation of happiness. One hundred and twenty-five individuals reported their hope and happiness, their supervisors having reported their creativity. Factor analyses suggested two hope factors (waypower; composite hope) and three creativity dimensions (novel ideas; creative ideas; ideas championing). The main findings were the following: (a) the composite hope predicted all creativity dimensions, the waypower dimension predicted only the ideas championing dimension; and (b) the composite hope measure also predicted creativity through the mediating role of happiness.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70449702030&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10400410902858733
DO - 10.1080/10400410902858733
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:70449702030
SN - 1040-0419
VL - 21
SP - 223
EP - 231
JO - Creativity Research Journal
JF - Creativity Research Journal
IS - 2-3
ER -