caa a22 4500 605484805 CHVBK 20210128100438.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10551-013-1967-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10551-013-1967-9 Does Moral Leadership Enhance Employee Creativity? Employee Identification with Leader and Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) in the Chinese Context [Elektronische Daten] [Qinxuan Gu, Thomas Tang, Wan Jiang] In this article, drawing from a relational perspective, we explore the relationship between moral leadership and employee creativity, treat employee identification with leader and leader-member exchange (LMX) as two mediators, and develop a new theoretical model of employee creativity. Our data collected from 160 supervisor-subordinate dyads in the People's Republic of China demonstrate that moral leadership is positively related to both employee identification with leader and LMX. Further, employee identification with leader partially mediates the relationship between moral leadership and LMX. In particular, employee identification with leader greatly enhances LMX which leads to high creativity. Overall, the relationship between moral leadership and employee creativity is mediated by not only employee identification with leader but also LMX. Our findings offer a new theoretical framework for future theory development and testing on creativity as well as practical implications for researchers and managers in business ethics. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2013 Paternalistic leadership nationallicence Moral leadership nationallicence Identification with leader nationallicence Leader-member exchange (LMX) nationallicence Relational process nationallicence Confucianism nationallicence Employee creativity nationallicence Gu Qinxuan Management and Organization Department, Antai College of Economics & Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 535 Fa Hua Zhen Rd, 200052, Shanghai, China aut Tang Thomas Department of Management and Marketing, Jennings A. Jones College of Business, Middle Tennessee State University, 37132, Murfreesboro, TN, USA aut Jiang Wan Management and Organization Department, Antai College of Economics & Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 535 Fa Hua Zhen Rd, 200052, Shanghai, China aut Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 126/3(2015-02-01), 513-529 0167-4544 126:3<513 2015 126 10551 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-013-1967-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-013-1967-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gu Qinxuan Management and Organization Department, Antai College of Economics & Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 535 Fa Hua Zhen Rd, 200052, Shanghai, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tang Thomas Department of Management and Marketing, Jennings A. Jones College of Business, Middle Tennessee State University, 37132, Murfreesboro, TN, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jiang Wan Management and Organization Department, Antai College of Economics & Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 535 Fa Hua Zhen Rd, 200052, Shanghai, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 126/3(2015-02-01), 513-529 0167-4544 126:3<513 2015 126 10551