The influence of knowledge sharing on employees' creativity in small and medium-sized korean enterprises: The mediating effect of job variety and the moderating effect of intrinsic motivation

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This is an empirical study which aims to improve employee's creativity in small and medium-sized Korean enterprises. Organizations are increasingly demanding that employees display higher levels of creativity, and today's global society is constantly seeking the development of technology and innovation. It suggested that improving employee's creativity play a key role for organizations. It emphasizes knowledge sharing among employees or between supervisor and subordinates could enhance employee's creativity. In addition, knowledge sharing is able to induce seamless communication between employees, a process which also increases job variety. In turn, increased job variety leads to high levels of employee creativity. According to this, this study identified and verified the mediating role of job variety and also focused on intrinsic motivation as a way to increase the influence of job variety on creativity in order to improve creativity. It emphasizes that if job variety and a higher level of intrinsic motivation interact with each other, then employee's creativity will be higher. It also suggests ways to enhance employee's creativity and sets out practical implications for small and medium-sized Korean enterprises. Finally, future study directions for improving the performance of small and medium-sized Korean enterprises were suggested. © 2019 Primrose Hall Publishing Group.

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