The Effect of Leaders’ Relative Power on the use of Malevolent Creativity when in Conflict with Employees; The Moderating Role of a Competitive Climate

Hennings, Julene Katrin (2023) The Effect of Leaders’ Relative Power on the use of Malevolent Creativity when in Conflict with Employees; The Moderating Role of a Competitive Climate. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.

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Abstract

Creativity often is encouraged and needed in the workplace. A lot of business ideas have sprung out of creative minds from organizational leaders and have helped to shape small businesses to become large world-wide known companies. While creativity has been frequently researched, the literature regarding its malevolent side remains scarce. There is also limited research available on how relative power influences the use of malevolent creativity during a negotiation and if working in a competitive climate moderates the use of malevolent creativity. The present study investigates if leaders’ higher relative power would lead to an increase in malevolent creativity during a negotiation. Furthermore, this research also proposes that working in a competitive climate would strengthen that relationship. We asked organizational leaders to participate in a two-wave time-lagged study which was executed online. The participants (N = 248) were mostly of British descent and were asked to recall a recent conflict with an employee. The present study found no significant relationship between relative power and malevolent creativity during negotiation. Furthermore, this study only found a partially moderating effect of competitive climate for the malevolent creativity subscale lying. We conclude that the leaders’ higher relative power does not influence malevolent creativity and that working in a competitive environment only partially moderates this relationship. Keywords: malevolent creativity, relative power, competitive work climate, negotiations, organizational leaders

Item Type:	Thesis (Bachelor)
Supervisor name:	Fousiani, K.
Degree programme:	Psychology
Differentiation route:	None [Bachelor Psychology]
Date Deposited:	26 Jan 2023 13:40
Last Modified:	26 Jan 2023 13:40
URI:	http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1586

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