ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Personality and Social Psychology
A Multilevel Model of Success Goal Orientation, Risk 1 Aversion Orientation, and Creativity: The Moderating 2 Effects of Psychological Resilience and Trade Union 3 Participation Atmosphere
Provisionally accepted
Wenjing Ke
Bingjie Sun*- Wuyi University, Wuyishan, China
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Based on social cognitive theory, this study constructs and validates a cross-level 12 theoretical model through three waves of longitudinal surveys, revealing the 13 mechanism by which union participation climate influences employee creativity 14 through psychological resilience. Analysis of a sample of 383 employees from 77 15 teams shows that union support climate plays a key moderating role in the 16 relationship between success goal orientation and creativity. When employees 17 perceive higher union support, the indirect effect of success goal orientation on 18 creativity, mediated by psychological resilience, is significantly enhanced (E = 0.09, 19 SE = 0.05, p < 0.05). In contrast, in low-support climates, this indirect effect is 20 markedly weakened (E = 0.02, SE = 0.01, p > 0.05). These findings have significant 21 implications for organizational management practices: establishing supportive 22 mechanisms for union participation can enhance employees' psychological safety, 23 thereby promoting innovative behaviours. At the same time, excessive control should 24 be avoided to prevent stimulating employees' risk-averse tendencies.
Keywords: creativity, trade union participation atmosphere, achievement goalorientation, PsychologicalResilience, Multilevel model
Received: 25 Jun 2025; Accepted: 24 Nov 2025.
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* Correspondence: Bingjie Sun
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