Impact of Organizational Justice on Knowledge Employees' Creativity: Mediated by Organizational Commitment

For enterprises, the essence of innovation competition is the competition of employees' creativity. Organizational climate is a key factor affecting employee creativity, and organizational justice is an important part of organizational climate. To explore the effects of organizational justice on knowledge employees' creativity, 220 questionnaire data were collected from knowledge employees in Changchun and Chengdu. Structural equation modeling (SEM) and hierarchical regression analysis were used to analyze the relationship between organizational justice and knowledge employees' creativity. Results show that organizational justice has a positive impact on knowledge employees' creativity, and organizational commitment mediated the positive relationship between organizational justice and knowledge employees' creativity. Furthermore, based on social cognitive theories and interactive perspective, creativity self-efficacy was found playing as a moderator in the relationship between organizational commitment and knowledge employees' creativity. The research not only provides theoretical contributions to the influence mechanism of organizational justice on the creativity of knowledge employees, but also offers some management implications for organizations.