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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

The Relationship between Role Ambiguity and Workers' Creativity during the COVID-19 Pandemic in China.

Jing Zhang, Yidan Hong, Andrew P Smith

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jing ZhangSchool of Humanity and Law, Social Governance Innovation Research Center, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7745-3353
Yidan HongMental Health Center, Hainan College of Foreign Studies, Wenchang 571321, China.
Andrew P SmithCentre for Occupational and Health Psychology, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AS, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8805-8028
Cardiff University · GBHenan Agricultural University · CN

Funding

Humanities and Social Science research project of Henan Education Department 2022-ZDJH-00425
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Job role ambiguity is becoming more and more common due to the increase in telecommuting caused by the COVID-19 epidemic. In order to understand the internal mechanism of the association between role ambiguity and creativity, this study examined it in the context of the Demands-Resources-Individual Effects (DRIVE) model. Participants were employees from all walks of life in mainland China, with a total of 437 valid data. The results showed that role ambiguity had no significant direct effect on creativity but exerted a negative effect on creativity through the chain mediating effect of affective rumination and perceived stress. A good relationship with a supervisor helped employees reduce their affective rumination when faced with the pressure of role ambiguity. The results show that how employees perceive role ambiguity plays an essential role in determining the potency of the after-effect of role ambiguity. Resources from supervisors can help reduce the negative perception of ambiguous roles.

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COVID-19PandemicsChinaCreativityHumanscreativityDemands–Resources–Individual Effects (DRIVE) modelrole ambiguitywork-related rumination

Identifiers

PMID36498055
PMCPMC9737936
OpenAlexW4311045915

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