Unpacking the Double-Edged Sword Effect of Work Group Rituals on Employee Radical Creativity

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Ritual permeates all levels of the organization. While the importance of workplace rituals for organizational culture and employees’ outcomes is widely acknowledged, it is unclear how work group rituals affect the creative behavior of employees. Drawing on interaction ritual chains theory and interactionist perspective, we propose that work group rituals are likely to elicit both beneficial and detrimental effects on group members' radical creativity, through relational energy and adherence to group standards, respectively. We further propose that the group member's work role clarity is critical in determining which pathway prevails. We test our hypotheses based on multisource, time-lag data from 230 employees (Study 1) and a scenario experiment data collected from 364 employees (Study 2). We also discuss the theoretical and practical contributions of the findings.

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