Abstract
This study aims to explore the mediating,and moderating effects of the two components of authoritarian leadership on employee creativity by qualitative research methods using data of interviews and archives.We found that: (1) There was two-stage influence of leadership on employee creativity, state of demand perception and state of coping strategy. (2) Dominance-focused authoritarian leadership and Displined-focsed authoritarian leadership were both related to creativity. Dominance-focused authoritarian leadership inhibit creativity by negative path, in contrast Displined-focsed authoritarian leadership promote creativity by positive path. (3) The criticality of three kind of event moderated the relationship between authoritarian leadership and employee creativity. The finding of two-stage effect extends our understanding the process of leadership influencing creativity. More importantly, we provided that three types of specific events the strength of which morderate the relation between authoritarian leadership and creatvity play a very important role.
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