Study on the Relationship between Entrepreneur’s Spiritual Capital and Employee Creativity

Chen Xue(School of Business, Nanjing Normal University, P.R.China)
Gu Jianping(School of Business, Nanjing Normal University, P.R.China)
David Evan(School of Business, Nanjing Normal University)

Abstract

Through this research about the relationship between entrepreneur’s spiritual capitals and employee creativity, this paper explores the influence mechanism of entrepreneur’s spiritual capital on employee creativity, and constructs a mediating model. The research shows that entrepreneur’s spiritual capital has positive predictive effect on employee creativity, and organizational innovation atmosphere plays a partial mediating role between them.

Keywords

Entrepreneur’s spiritual capital; employee creativity; organizational innovation atmosphere

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26549/jfr.v2i2.792