The Moderating Role Of Narcissism In The Relationship Between Employees' Feedback Seeking And Employees' Creativity

Abstract

The present research examines the theoretical framework of how narcissism moderates the effect between feedback-seeking behavior and creativity among employees. Utilizing the self-determination theory, and drawing upon literature in organizational behavior; we investigate how feedback-seeking can promote creativity via fulfilling employees' psychological needs for competence and relatedness. Rather, it hypothesized that narcissism could influence the relationship between feedback-seeking and creativity. This study employs a quantitative survey method and it is mainly conducted among employees working in a regional head office. The results show that when combined with high levels
of narcissism, feedback-seeking behavior may moderate creativity: by way of a confidence boost leading to increased vigor or selective feedback processing which might derail one's attempts at getting their creative peaks. These findings are relevant to organizational policies aimed at stimulating innovation and imply that the effect of feedback-seeking on creativity may depend on individual differences in personality, suchas narcissism.

Keywords: Feedback-Seeking, Employee Creativity, Narcissism, Organizational Behavior, Self-Determination Theory,