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13 Pages : 137-148

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

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

    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.

07 Pages : 48-55

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).07      10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).07      Published : Sep 2019

Antecedents of Careerism: A Mediated- Moderated Model

    The contemporary investigation was conducted with aimed to investigate the relationship of proactive personality and careerism. The said relationship was not tested in isolation rather it has been tested with the inclusion of career self-efficacy as a mediator and two moderators (openness to experience, extroversion). It was basically an attempt to build/ analyze the relationship of proactive personality with careerism which was not fully captured in the previous literature. In addition, the current study conducted a comparative analysis for male and female to identify the proactive behaviors in handling their careers. The population for the current was study selected from different private FMCG related firms. The analysis revealed that proactive personality has a significant relationship with careerism. Female respondents report lower proactive behavior than male. Overall the results supported three hypotheses and the one related to moderation was rejected.

    Proactive Personality, Career Self -Efficacy, Extroverts, Openness to Experience, Gender and Careerism.
    (1) Shazia Akhtar
    Associate Professor, Department of Management Sciences, SZABIST, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Faisal Malik
    Ph.D. Scholar,Department of Management Sciences,SZABIST, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Asim Afridi
    Associate Professor Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS University, Abbottabad Campus, KP, Pakistan.