TY - JOUR
T1 - Work curiosity
T2 - A new lens for understanding employee creativity
AU - Chang, Yu Yu
AU - Shih, Hui Yu
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan for funding this project ( MOST 106-2410-H-218-017 ). Moreover, the authors gratefully acknowledge the insightful comments of Action Editor, Professor Cheryl Adkins, and of two anonymous reviewers.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2019/12
Y1 - 2019/12
N2 - Curiosity has long been recognized as the driving force behind individuals' exploratory drive, learning behavior, and willingness to embrace novelty. It is generally believed that the exploratory spirit of a curious mind can enhance the individual's imagination and cognitive capability for creative ideation. But there has been surprisingly little work to clarify the relationship between curiosity and creativity. Moreover, existing research commonly oversimplifies the operationalization of human curiosity. From a pluralist view of curiosity, this paper leverages insights from psychological research to explain how curiosity can be applied in the organizational context and help to better understand employee creativity. We draw upon several seminal theories on curiosity and motivation and explore the effects of organizational context and individual differences on employees' work curiosity. We furthermore elucidate how work curiosity leads to employee creativity by affecting the cognitive processes and psychological states. Implications for future research are discussed.
AB - Curiosity has long been recognized as the driving force behind individuals' exploratory drive, learning behavior, and willingness to embrace novelty. It is generally believed that the exploratory spirit of a curious mind can enhance the individual's imagination and cognitive capability for creative ideation. But there has been surprisingly little work to clarify the relationship between curiosity and creativity. Moreover, existing research commonly oversimplifies the operationalization of human curiosity. From a pluralist view of curiosity, this paper leverages insights from psychological research to explain how curiosity can be applied in the organizational context and help to better understand employee creativity. We draw upon several seminal theories on curiosity and motivation and explore the effects of organizational context and individual differences on employees' work curiosity. We furthermore elucidate how work curiosity leads to employee creativity by affecting the cognitive processes and psychological states. Implications for future research are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.hrmr.2018.10.005
DO - 10.1016/j.hrmr.2018.10.005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85055120346
SN - 1053-4822
VL - 29
JO - Human Resource Management Review
JF - Human Resource Management Review
IS - 4
M1 - 100672
ER -