Purpose

Despite the growing use of social media in many organizations, managers face the challenges of how to effectively manage social media usage (SMU) in the workplace to ensure employee creativity. This study combined task-technology fit theory and the interactional perspective of employee creativity to understand the three-way interaction of SMU, perceived task interdependence, and perceived participative leadership on employee creativity.

Design/methodology/approach

A questionnaire survey was designed to test our hypotheses. The sample consisted of employees who use social media in the workplace. A total of 402 valid questionnaires were used for the hierarchical regression analysis.

Findings

SMU had the strongest positive relationship with creativity when perceived task interdependence and perceived participative leadership were high. However, we did not find two-way interaction effects of SMU and perceived task interdependence on employee creativity.

Originality/value

Our findings are aligned with the emergent view that the benefits of SMU can be better realized when it coexists with a set of complementary team contextual factors. The current study helps extend the contingency perspective and related studies in social media literature and employee creativity research.

中文翻译：

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社交媒体使用，感知到的任务相互依赖性和感知到的参与式领导对员工创造力的三向互动影响

目的

尽管许多组织中越来越多地使用社交媒体，但是经理们仍然面临着如何在工作场所有效管理社交媒体使用（SMU）以确保员工创造力的挑战。这项研究结合了任务技术适合度理论和员工创造力的交互观点，以了解SMU的三向交互，感知到的任务相互依存以及感知到的参与式领导对员工创造力的影响。

设计/方法/方法

问卷调查旨在检验我们的假设。样本包括在工作场所使用社交媒体的员工。总共402份有效问卷用于层次回归分析。

发现

当人们对任务的相互依存度和参与性领导力很高时，SMU与创造力之间就具有最强的积极关系。但是，我们没有发现SMU的双向交互作用以及感知到的任务对员工创造力的相互依赖性。

创意/价值

我们的发现与新观点相吻合，即当SMU与一组互补的团队环境因素并存时，可以更好地实现SMU的好处。当前的研究有助于在社会媒体文献和员工创造力研究中扩展权变观点和相关研究。