This study investigates a pressing topic, related to the connection between employees’ perceptions that the COVID-19 pandemic represents a pertinent threat for their organization on one hand, and their exhibited creativity, a critical behavior through which they can change and improve the organizational status quo, on the other. This connection may depend on their work-related task conflict, or the extent to which they reach out to colleagues to discuss different perspectives on work-related issues, as well as their collectivistic orientation. Data were gathered from employees working in the real estate sector. The results inform organizational practitioners that they should leverage productive task conflict to channel work-related hardships, such as those created by the coronavirus pandemic, into creative work outcomes. This beneficial process may be particularly effective for firms that employ people who embrace collectivistic norms, so they prioritize the well-being of others.

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直面流行病：利用与工作相关的任务冲突将感知到的流行病威胁转化为创造力


本研究调查了一个紧迫的主题，一方面涉及员工对 COVID-19 大流行对其组织构成相关威胁的看法，另一方面与他们表现出的创造力（一种可以改变和改善组织地位的关键行为）之间的联系另一方面。这种联系可能取决于他们与工作相关的任务冲突，或者他们与同事接触讨论工作相关问题的不同观点的程度，以及他们的集体主义取向。数据是从房地产行业工作的员工那里收集的。研究结果告诉组织从业者，他们应该利用富有成效的任务冲突，将与工作相关的困难（例如由冠状病毒大流行造成的困难）转化为创造性的工作成果。对于雇用拥护集体主义规范的员工的公司来说，这一有益的过程可能特别有效，因此他们会优先考虑他人的福祉。