Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the roles of four distinct but related aspects of psychological capital – optimism, hope, self-efficacy and resilience – in facilitating employee creativity. Drawing on the psychological capital perspective and the creativity literature, we propose that optimism and hope increase employee self-efficacy and resilience, which benefits employee creativity. Moreover, the authors hypothesize that self-efficacy and resilience have mediating roles in the psychological capital context, which, in turn, has a positive effect on individual employees’ creativity. Design/methodology/approach Data were obtained from a survey of multiple manufacturing firms on individual employee psychological capital and creativity. Structural equation modeling was used to test the hypotheses regarding psychological capital and creativity in a sample of 468 individual employees. Findings The results provide evidence that only resilience plays a mediating role between optimism and hope and employee creativity. The authors found that psychological capital is positively related to employee creativity. Practical implications These findings provide guidance for understanding how to better address the psychological capital that contributes to employee creativity in the workplace. Specifically, this study provides a rationale for facilitating the development of employee creativity by exposing the effect and path of psychological capital. Originality/value This study is the first to examine the antecedents and mediating role of four distinct yet correlated dimensions of psychological capital on employee creativity. The findings of this study contribute to the theoretical development of a conceptual model that investigates the black box of the four aspects of psychological capital and creativity.

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心理资本在员工创造力中的作用

目的本文的目的是研究心理资本的四个不同但相关的方面–乐观，希望，自我效能和韧性–在促进员工创造力中的作用。借助心理资本观点和创造力文献，我们认为乐观和希望可以提高员工的自我效能和韧性，从而有益于员工的创造力。此外，作者假设自我效能感和应变能力在心理资本环境中起中介作用，这反过来又对单个员工的创造力产生积极影响。设计/方法/方法数据来自对多家制造企业进行的有关单个员工心理资本和创造力的调查。使用结构方程模型来测试关于468名员工的心理资本和创造力的假设。调查结果结果证明，只有韧性能在乐观与希望与员工创造力之间起中介作用。作者发现，心理资本与员工的创造力呈正相关。实际意义这些发现为理解如何更好地解决有助于员工在工作场所创造力的心理资本提供了指导。具体而言，本研究通过揭示心理资本的作用和路径，为促进员工创造力发展提供了理论依据。原创性/价值这项研究是第一个研究心理资本对员工创造力的四个不同但相关的维度的前提和中介作用。这项研究的发现有助于概念模型的理论发展，该模型研究了心理资本和创造力四个方面的黑匣子。