The role of thriving at work and overall fairness in the future work self–employee creativity relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze why and when the future work self affects employee creativity. Design/methodology/approach Survey data were collected from 171 supervisor–employee dyads in four Chinese enterprises. Findings The results indicate that the future work self has a positive effect on employee creativity. Further, thriving at work mediates the links between the future work self and employee creativity. The authors also...