Abstract

The first objective of this study was to verify the effects of creativity on innovative behavior and task performance (positive effects) and on moral disengagement and counterproductive work behavior (negative effects) in public servants. The second objective was to verify the mediating effect of moral disengagement on the relationship between creativity and innovation performance, task performance, counterproductive work behavior. The third purpose was to verify whether honesty moderates the positive and negative effects of creativity. A sample of 190 public servants (male=105, female=85) participated in the study. The correlation analysis showed that creativity was positively related to both innovative and counterproductive work behaviors. Structural equation model analysis showed that the direct effects of creativity on task performance, innovative behavior were positively significant and counterproductive work behavior were negatively significant. Creativity had a pasitive effect on moral disengagement, and moral disengagement had a negative effect on task performance and innovation performance, and a positive effect on counterproductive work behavior. The analysis of the moderating effect of honesty shows that honesty reduces the negative effect of creativity and increases the positive effect.

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