Entrepreneurial leadership and employee creativity: the roles of perceived organizational support and job autonomy

The aim of this thesis is to further our knowledge of the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and employee creativity in Hong Kong. This thesis examined the influence of entrepreneurial leadership on employee creativity through the mediation of perceived organizational support and job autonomy. The hypotheses of this thesis assume that entrepreneurial leadership has a positive effect on employee creativity by giving employees a sense of “organizational support” and “job autonomy” to engage in creative processes in the workplace. The researcher investigated how perceived organizational support and job autonomy influence the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and employee creativity. An online survey was administered with a sample of 202 employees working in different organizations in Hong Kong. They replied to survey questions / items about their supervisor’s entrepreneurial leadership style, perceived organizational support, job autonomy and creativity. The findings of this thesis provided evidence supporting the hypotheses that perceived organizational support mediates the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and employee creativity, and job autonomy partially mediates the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and employee creativity.