创造力的外在动机机制：创造性问题解决需求和创造性自我效能感的调节作用

ABSTRACT This study examines how extrinsic motivation influences employee creativity by distinguishing between creativity quantity and creativity quality. Using data from 183 independent employee–manager dyads, we found that extrinsic motivation directly predicted creativity quantity, but not creativity quality. However, extrinsic motivation indirectly predicted both creativity outcomes through employees' engagement in creativity‐relevant processes. Overall, its effect was more pronounced for creativity quantity than for creativity quality. We further found that the relationship between extrin