The paradoxical relationship between sense of power and creativity: Countervailing pathways and a boundary condition
研究发现权力感通过增加冒险行为促进创造力，同时通过减少观点采择抑制创造力，而开放性经验能增强正向路径、削弱负向路径。
Abstract When sense of power helps or hinders creativity remains an unresolved question. Drawing upon the approach‐inhibition theory of power and its extensions, we integrate two different predictions into a dual‐pathway model, showing the paradoxical role that sense of power—one's perceived ability to influence others—plays in predicting creativity. Specifically, sense of power helps creativity through increased risk‐taking and simultaneously hinders it through reduced perspective taking. We further propose openness to experience as a moderator of the countervailing mechanisms, such that the positive path through risk‐taking is stronger and the negative path through perspective taking is weaker for individuals with higher (vs. lower) levels of openness. We test our hypotheses with three multisource and multi‐wave field studies (Study 1: n = 181 part‐time MBAs paired with peers; Study 2: n = 128 sales employees paired with store managers; Study 3: n = 153 sales employees paired with store managers). The results support our theoretical model, showing that sense of power and creativity are simultaneously connected positively through risk‐taking and negatively through perspective taking, and that the overall indirect effect of sense of power on creativity is more positive for individuals with higher (vs. lower) levels of openness to experience.