| dc.description.abstract | The success of creative endeavors is influenced by leadership. In this way, leaders play the critical role of creating the conditions that will engage the individual in the creative work. Researchers in leading for creativity have focused on different leadership styles, including transformational and charismatic leadership or expertise-based leadership. The purpose of the current study was to test the competing effects of different leader influence tactics creative engagement (e.g., intrinsic motivation, positive affect, self-efficacy). The influence tactics of charisma, mission, recognition, and intellectual stimulation were manipulated in an experimental study and participants worked on a creative task. The results indicated that influence tactics could be substituted for other to engage the individual in the creative work. The findings of the study provide insight as to what leadership influence tactics are effective in combination with other tactics. | |
