Drawing upon the stage model of innovation and the ability–motivation–opportunity (AMO) framework, we hypothesize the mediating role of top management team (TMT) creativity and the moderating roles of external social capital and environmental uncertainty in the relationship between TMT creative team environment and a firm’s administrative innovation. We collected multisource data from 136 TMTs and tested the hypotheses using bootstrap method with SPSS 23.0. As hypothesized, TMT creativity mediated the relationship between a creative team environment and administrative innovation. Moreover, external social capital amplified the effect of a creative team environment on TMT creativity and subsequently its indirect effect on administrative innovation via TMT creativity, whereas environmental uncertainty weakened the effect of a creative team environment on TMT creativity and subsequently its indirect effect on administrative innovation via TMT creativity. We advanced team creativity theory and research by showing how internal and external environment jointly shape creativity and innovation. We not only tested the stage model of innovation by showing TMT creativity as a mechanism linking creative team environment and administrative innovation, but also extended it by revealing external boundary conditions for this mechanism. Finally, we contribute to the upper echelon research by revealing the negative role of environmental uncertainty in the TMT creation stage.

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从创意环境到行政创新：高层管理团队的创建和实施

借鉴创新阶段模型和能力-动力-机会（AMO）框架，我们假设高层管理团队（TMT）创造力的中介作用以及外部社会资本和环境不确定性在TMT创意团队关系中的调节作用环境与企业的行政创新。我们从 136 个 TMT 中收集了多源数据，并使用 SPSS 23.0 使用 bootstrap 方法测试了假设。正如假设的那样，TMT 创造力调节了创意团队环境与行政创新之间的关系。此外，外部社会资本放大了创意团队环境对 TMT 创造力的影响，随后通过 TMT 创造力对行政创新产生了间接影响，而环境的不确定性削弱了创意团队环境对 TMT 创造力的影响，并随后通过 TMT 创造力对行政创新产生了间接影响。我们通过展示内部和外部环境如何共同塑造创造力和创新来推进团队创造力理论和研究。我们不仅通过将 TMT 创造力展示为连接创意团队环境和行政创新的机制来测试创新的阶段模型，而且还通过揭示该机制的外部边界条件对其进行了扩展。最后，我们通过揭示环境不确定性在 TMT 创造阶段的负面作用，为上层研究做出贡献。我们通过展示内部和外部环境如何共同塑造创造力和创新来推进团队创造力理论和研究。我们不仅通过将 TMT 创造力展示为连接创意团队环境和行政创新的机制来测试创新的阶段模型，而且还通过揭示该机制的外部边界条件对其进行了扩展。最后，我们通过揭示环境不确定性在 TMT 创造阶段的负面作用，为上层研究做出贡献。我们通过展示内部和外部环境如何共同塑造创造力和创新来推进团队创造力理论和研究。我们不仅通过将 TMT 创造力展示为连接创意团队环境和行政创新的机制来测试创新的阶段模型，而且还通过揭示该机制的外部边界条件对其进行了扩展。最后，我们通过揭示环境不确定性在 TMT 创造阶段的负面作用，为上层研究做出贡献。