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How does self-performance expectation foster breakthrough creativity in the employee's cognitive level? An application of self-fulfilling prophecy

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  • Md. Yahin Hossain

    (School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan,Hubei,P.R. China, 430074)

  • Zhiqiang Liu

    (School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China, 430074)

  • Nilesh Kumar

    (School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan,Hubei,P.R. China, 430074)

Abstract

Drawing on self-fulfilling prophecy theory and status boundary conditions, the aim of this research is to test if promotion focus motivation mediates the employees' self-performance expectations towards breakthrough creativity. Besides, this paper also examines whether status stability significantly moderates the relationship between self-performance expectations and promotion focus motivation. The author conducted a longitudinal study and surveyed 380 staff in China with 102 immediate supervisors. In the first phase of data collection, including self-reported measures of team members' self-performance expectation and promotion focus motivation and status stability in the group. In the second phase of time, supervisors rated their team members' breakthrough creativity. Confirmatory factor analysis is conducted to test the reliability and validity of data. Also, hierarchical linear modeling is used to test the hypothesis. The bootstrapping process was adopted to calculate the indirect effect. The results were in line with the expected conceptual framework, Self-performance expectations and promotion focus motivation are found positive to predict breakthrough creativity. Besides, having more stability in status makes the employee more promotion focus, which brings breakthrough creativity from the cognitive level. Supervisors should organize sensitivity training to make them realize what is anticipated from them. Also, a simple nurturing will mobilize the existing cognitive pressure to achieve breakthrough creativity while investing in lower organizational resources. Finally, this model will deliver new insight into employees' motives towards breakthrough creativity, considering the influence of boundary condition and self-performance expectations in the organization. Key Words: Breakthrough creativity, promotion focus, status stability, self-performance expectations, self-fulfilling prophecy

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  • Md. Yahin Hossain & Zhiqiang Liu & Nilesh Kumar, 2020. "How does self-performance expectation foster breakthrough creativity in the employee's cognitive level? An application of self-fulfilling prophecy," International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478), Center for the Strategic Studies in Business and Finance, vol. 9(5), pages 116-128, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:rbs:ijbrss:v:9:y:2020:i:5:p:116-128
    DOI: 10.20525/ijrbs.v9i5.818
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