How Intrinsic Motivation Facilitate Employee Creativity in Work Process
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In this article, we examined how intrinsic motivation influence employee creativity in work process. Using survey data from 398 professional or technical workers and their direct supervisors in a large automobile manufacturing enterprise, the results of our study showed that intrinsic motivation influenced every sub-process of creative process engagement, while creative process engagement had a positive influence on employee creativity. We further discuss the limitations of the study.
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