Leader opportunity versus threat verbal framing and nonverbal emotional expressions impact followers' creative performance

You’ve Been Framed! The Effect of Opportunity and Prosocial Framing on the Novelty and Usefulness of Student Solutions

“…Fluency is measured as the number of ideas per respondent; flexibility is measured as the total number of distinct categories of thinking these ideas represent; and originality is defined as a low frequency of occurrence of ideas when compared with all ideas given (see, e.g., Beuk & Basadur, 2016). Other researchers measure creativity on an anchored scale, from “very uncreative” to “very creative” (Grant & Berry, 2011; Naidoo, 2016).…”

“…van Burg et al (2014) found that framing future innovation developments as opportunities motivated organizational actors to engage in organizational knowledge transfer activities, leading to heightened knowledge sharing and joint knowledge development. Naidoo (2016) looked at how leader message framing (i.e., whether leaders framed an issue as an opportunity or as a threat) affected the creativity of their followers and found that followers’ ideas showed greater overall creativity when their leader framed an organizational crisis as an opportunity rather than as a threat.…”

“…The literature on issues interpretation in managerial decision making shows that framing is an element in business decisions. When managers face a new situation they interpret as an opportunity, this opportunity framing leads to a sense of mastery, which supports more open information searching, knowledge sharing, flexibility, and, consequentially, increased creativity and a greater willingness to adopt new business models and foster organizational change (Chattopadhyay, Glick, & Huber, 2001; Dutton, Fahey, & Narayanan, 1983; Dutton & Jackson, 1987; George, Chattopadhyay, Sitkin, & Barden, 2006; Gilbert, 2005; Naidoo, 2016; Thomas, Clark, & Gioia, 1993; Thomas & McDaniel, 1990; Tripsas & Gavetti, 2000; van Burg, Berends, & van Raaij, 2014). The literature on perspective taking suggests that taking the perspectives of another person helps people to consider new and different viewpoints, which leads them to select more useful solutions (Galinsky, Maddux, Gilin, & White, 2008; Grant & Berry, 2011).…”

Pro-growth Working Environment Concept to Enhance Followers’ Creativity in Start-ups Business

“…Referring to Hidayat et al (2023), employee creativity is useful in developing new methods, strategies and products so as to encourage organizational performance. Creative followers have received extensive attention in the literature because it is believed to be important for organizational success (Naidoo, 2016). Social interaction within the organization will majorly contribute to Followers' creative performance.…”

“…Increasing the number of followers' creative performances will help achieve organizational goals and improve performance. Followers' creativity has received much attention in the literature because it is believed to be important for organizational success and will impact success in various jobs and industries (Naidoo, 2016). The concept of followers differs from subordinates because followers and leaders work toward the same goal.…”