Psychological capital to foster employee creativity in nanotechnology companies: the mediating role of JS and CSR

Yuchun Li , Meilin Li , Xiangtong Kong , Arefeh Baniasadi , Ahmed Hasan Shaker , H. Elhosiny Ali

Abstract

This research aims to explore factors influencing creativity among the employees of nanotechnology companies. Further, this survey aimed to investigate the role of psychological capital (PS), job satisfaction (JS) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) as sources to foster creativity. Participants included 375 employees of nanotechnology companies in China. Sequential mediation analysis revealed that creativity was significantly influenced by psychological capital, job satisfaction and corporate social responsibility. Furthermore, not only psychological capital, job satisfaction and corporate social responsibility were directly and indirectly related to creativity but also explained 67.35% variance of it. It seems that having more psychological resources, more well-being and good feelings concerning performance in the workspace and the efforts of companies to improve employee welfare are among the most important factors in increasing employee creativity. Our findings can help companies, especially nontechnology companies, in focusing on factors fostering the creativity of employees, because creativity enhances and promotes the performance and success of companies.

Key Words

corporate social responsibility; creativity; job satisfaction; nanotechnology companies; psychological capital

Address

Yuchun Li — School of Economics and Management, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, Shaanxi, China/ Business School, Durham University, DH1 3LE, Durham, UK
Meilin Li — School of Management, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, Leeds, UK
Xiangtong Kong — Qufu Far East Vocational and Technical College. Qufu 273100, Shandong, China
Arefeh Baniasadi — Department of Psychology, Almahdi Mehr Higher Education Institute, Isfahan, Iran
Ahmed Hasan Shaker — Doctoral School of Business Administration, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 6 Piat,a Romana, 1st District, 010371 Bucharest, Romania/ Department of Business Administration, Al-Mustaqbal University College, Babylon 51001, Iraq
H. Elhosiny Ali — Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, Abha 61413, P.O. Box 9004, Saudi Arabia/ Advanced Functional Materials & Optoelectronic Laboratory (AFMOL), Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha, Saudi Arabia/ Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, 44519 Zagazig, Egypt

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