The Curvilinear Relation between Work Predictability and Creativity

Figures & data

Figure 1. Illustration of the hypothesized moderation effect.

Table 1. Means (uncentered), standard deviations, and correlations (n = 128).

	Variables	Mean	S.D.	1	2	3	4	5	6
1.	Creative performance	3.41	1.19	(.95)
2.	Coworker support	4.81	1.23	−.02	(.87)
3.	Supervisor support	4.67	1.56	.01	.45**	(.93)
4.	Work control predictability	2.85	0.60	−.03	−.06	−.19*	(.68)
5.	Age	50.91	8.12	−.09	.13	.08	.01
6.	Tenure	13.18	5.75	.00	.18*	.05	.05	.56**
7	Gender^a	.43	.49	−.02	.04	.17*	.01	−.24**	−.04

Note. N = 128. Internal reliabilities (alpha coefficients) are given in parentheses on the diagonal. * p < .05, ** p < .01; ^a 0 = male

Table 2. Results of multilevel analyses predicting employee creative performance (n = 128).

	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
Intercept y00	4.22(.99)**	3.72(1.31)**	3.84(1.44)*
Controls
Group mean of WCP γ01	−.21(.34)	−.08(.35)	−.05(.33)
Group mean of SS γ02	-	.03(.13)	-
Group mean of CP γ03	-	-	−.02(.18)
Independent variable
Work Control Predictability γ10	.09(.21)	.19(.18)	.10(.21)
Work Control Predictability squared γ20	−.79(.39)*	−1.12(.40)**	−.70(.38)†
Moderaters
Supervisor Support γ30		−.05(.08)	-
Coworker Support γ30		-	−.15(.10)
Interactions
WCP x SS γ40		−.42(.20)*	-
WCP squared x SS γ50		.60(.31)†	-
WCP x CS γ40		-	−.30(.20)
WCP squared x CS γ50		-	.87(.36)*

Note. Main variables Work Control Predictability (WCP), Supervisor Support (SS) and coworker Support (CS) were group mean centered, Standard Errors are reported between brackets,† < .10; * p < .05, ** p < .01.

Figure 2. Nonlinear relationship between WCP and employee creative performance moderated by supervisor support.

Figure 3. Nonlinear relationship between WCP and employee creative performance moderated by coworker support.