The influence of critical thinking and self-efficacy on employees' creativity: A case study of enterprises in Pearl River Delta

With the rapid development of science and technology, the competition between enterprises is becoming more and more fierce. If an enterprise wants to remain invincible in the fierce competition, its competitiveness depends on its creativity. Creativity is the basis and premise of employees' innovation. More and more enterprise managers are aware of the importance of employees' critical thinking, and how employees' critical thinking affects creativity has become the focus of social attention. First, this paper will explore the impact mechanism of critical thinking and self-efficacy on employees' creativity; Secondly, from the perspective of self-cognition theory, this paper studies the mediating role of self-efficacy between critical thinking and employee creativity, and makes an empirical study to fill the literature gap. Thirdly, based on the dynamic theory, environmental uncertainty as an external situation variable is discussed to explore the adjustment effect, and how to strengthen the relationship between critical thinking and employee creativity; Finally, based on the theory of transformational leadership, this paper discusses the moderating effect of transformational leadership as an internal situational variable, and discusses how to strengthen the relationship between critical thinking and employee creativity. The research is expected to fill the above-mentioned research gaps, and to make academic contributions and practical implications to the research results.