Noort, T.C. van den (2024) Creativity in the Workplace: the Mediating Role of Trust between Shared Leadership and Creativity. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
In this study, we examined the relationship between shared leadership and creativity within the dyadic relationship of leader and follower. We proposed that the relationship between shared leadership is mediated by trust. We build on previous research concerning shared leadership, trust and creativity and their associations. Using a dyadic approach, we paired up 99 leaders (average age: 42 years, 60% male) and followers (average age: 33 years, 41% male), all of who filled out a questionnaire concerning their perceptions on the dyadic relationship between them. Our study is a one wave multi source field study. We found that trust is positively related with both creativity (p =.01) and shared leadership (p = .03). However, our results show no significant relationship between shared leadership and creativity and also show no mediating effect of trust in the relationship between shared leadership and creativity. Our findings extend literature in the sense that we can emphasize the importance of trust in the dyadic relationship between employer and employee. It also contradicts literature in the sense that shared leadership and creativity may not be associated as expected. Confounding factors may be at play. Future research should include replacing shared leadership with participative leadership as a possible predictor of creativity on the employee level of the organization.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Bucur, R.E. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jul 2024 12:58 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jul 2024 12:58 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4062 |
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