The Impact of Personal Characteristics and Intrinsic Motivation on Creative Behavior among Indonesian Radio Station Managers

oleh: Nugroho J. Setiadi, Anees Janee Ali, Rehana Aafaqi

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Universitas Indonesia 2013-07-01

Deskripsi

<p>The main purpose of the article is to increase understanding in some personal characteristics affecting creative performance among Indonesian radio station managers&rsquo; leadership context. Using creativity-relevant personal characteristics and motivation as input model, the authors identified that both of these two variables are positively related to creative performance. The study hypothesized that Leader-member exchange (LMX) moderate the relationship between personal characteristics and creative performance. Among a sample of 283 Indonesian radio station managers, results found that creativity-relevant personal characteristics and intrinsic motivation were positively related to creative performance when managers&rsquo; perception of followers&rsquo; work contribution toward them (as the second dimension of LMX) was high.</p><p>Keywords: Creativity; Personal characteristics; Motivation; Leader-member exchange.</p>