AUTHOR=Shi Kun , Zhang Zhifan , Zhang Hua 

TITLE=Does sense of work gain predict team creativity? The mediating effect of leader-member exchange and the moderating effect of work smoothness

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 14 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1043376

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1043376

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=The present study examines the link between the sense of work gain and team creativity 
and explore the mediating and moderating roles of Leader-member exchange (LMX) and work 
smoothness on this link. The results based on 484 valid samples from an online survey of a human 
resources company，reveal that the sense of work gain can positively predict team creativity, and 
LMX mediate the associations of sense of work gain and team creativity. Moreover, work 
smoothness emerged as a significant moderator can moderate the associations between sense of 
work gain and team creativity, as well as moderating the relationship between LMX and team 
creativity.