Personality dispositions and their role in inducing employee creative behavior are well documented in the literature. However, much is unexplored about the collective and relative contribution of personality orientations and environmental factors in explaining creative behavior. This study used a framework based on self-determination theory (SDT) to measure the combined and relative contribution of personal mastery orientation and authentic leadership in predicting employee creative behavior as mediated by autonomous motivation. A self-reported survey was conducted among software developers working in software houses. The results of the study show that both personal mastery and authentic leadership are significant predictors of employee creative behavior. In addition, autonomous motivation significantly mediates the relationship between personal mastery, authentic leadership, and creative behavior. The findings of the study lend support to the combined effect of personality orientation and environmental factors in predicting employee creative behavior and test the SDT framework’s efficacy in predicting creative behavior.

人格倾向及其在诱导员工​​创造性行为中的作用在文献中有详细记载。然而，关于人格取向和环​​境因素在解释创造性行为方面的集体和相对贡献，还有很多尚未探索。本研究使用基于自我决定理论（SDT）的框架来衡量个人超越取向和真实领导力在预测自主动机介导的员工创造性行为方面的综合和相对贡献。对在软件公司工作的软件开发人员进行了一项自我报告的调查。研究结果表明，个人超越和真诚的领导力都是员工创造性行为的重要预测因素。此外，自主动机显着调节个人掌控力、真实领导力和创造性行为之间的关系。研究结果支持了人格取向和环​​境因素在预测员工创造性行为方面的综合效应，并测试了SDT框架在预测创造性行为方面的功效。