Strategic Flexibility， Political Skills and Organizational Creativity ——The Moderating Effects of Environmental Uncertainty

doi:10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2020.05.005

Abstract

Abstract: How enterprises can enhance organizational creativity under uncertain environment is a research question that is worth exploring. From the perspective of resource-based view， the mediating effects of political skills and the moderating roles of environmental uncertainty are investigated and tested on the basis of directly examining the relationship between strategic flexibility and organizational creativity. Through the empirical research on 423 survey samples， it is found that both resource flexibility and coordination flexibility have positive effects on organizational creativity; resource flexibility and coordination flexibility can improve organizational creativity by improving employees' political skills; when technical uncertainty is high， the positive impact of resource flexibility and coordination flexibility on organizational creativity is more significant， while the moderating effects of market uncertainty have not been verified.

Key words: strategic flexibility, organizational creativity, political skills, environmental uncertainty

CLC Number:

F270.7

XU Xiao-na， ZHAO De-zhi. Strategic Flexibility， Political Skills and Organizational Creativity ——The Moderating Effects of Environmental Uncertainty[J]. Journal of Northeastern University(Social Science), 2020, 22(5): 31-39.

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