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EFFECT OF EMPLOYEE CREATIVITY ON PROJECT PERFORMANCE WITH THE MEDIATING ROLE OF KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND MODERATING ROLE OF OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).13      10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).13      Published : Jun 2

Effect of Employee Creativity on Project Performance with the Mediating Role of Knowledge Sharing and Moderating Role of Openness to Experience

Abstract

    Since almost last two decades employees creativity has been discussed immensely by the researchers. This study majorly focuses on the effect of employee creativity in project performance in project-based organizations of Pakistan. We have discussed that the relationship between, employees creativity and project performance depend on the knowledge sharing whereas, openness to experience moderating the correlation of employees creativity with knowledge sharing. For this purpose, data was collected from 273 employees working in project-based organizations of Pakistan. The results obtained after the data analysis, considerably shows that there is an optimistic relationship between employees creativity and project performance whereas knowledge sharing mediates this relationship with the moderating role of openness to experience. The study significantly expands to the prevailing literature by highlighting the procedure through which employees’ creativity has a major effect on the enhancement of project performance.

    Employee Creativity, Knowledge Sharing, Openness to Experience, Project Performance.

    (1) Hina Ahmed
    MS Scholar, Capital University of Science and Technology Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Cynthia Sigamony
    MS Scholar, Capital University of Science and Technology Islamabad, Pakistan.
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    TURABIAN : Ahmed, Hina, and Cynthia Sigamony. "Effect of Employee Creativity on Project Performance with the Mediating Role of Knowledge Sharing and Moderating Role of Openness to Experience." Global Social Sciences Review V, no. II (2020): 137-148. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).13