The effect of organizational trust, task complexity and intrinsic motivation on employee creativity: Emphasis on moderating effect of stress

Abstract

This research builds a theoretical model linking organizational trust, intrinsic motivation and task complexity with individual creativity. For the empirical test and special emphasis on the moderating effect of job stress level, the subject were divided into a higher stress group (N = 200) and lower stress group (N = 165) on the basis of the median value of job stress. The PLS method was applied to survey data gathered from employees working in Korean ICT companies. The result of analysis revealed that intrinsic motivation, task complexity and trust in organization is positively influencing employee creativity in this order among in the total group. On the other hand, comparative analysis of two groups based on the job stress level found that intrinsic motivation and task complexity were influencing employee creativity in same order in the both group; however the task complexity showed the second greater influence on the employee creativity in the lower stress group. Intrinsic motivation showed the greatest effect on employees' creativity in the both group with statistical consistency. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media.