How getting knowledge from colleagues affects organizational creativity: The moderating influence of ICT and top management support

Despite the abundance of studies focusing on organizational creativity, only few considered it as a dependent variable. Further, while the relationship between knowledge sharing and organizational creativity seems more solid for extant literature, the role of ICT use and top management support yet calls for further investigation. Based on this, we ground on the interactionist perspective drawn by Woodman et al. (1993) and investigate organizational creativity by combining interpersonal dynamics with contextual influences. In order to capture the inherent complexity of organizational creativity, we start from the importance of individuals getting knowledge from others and then consider two contextual elements affecting organizational creativity, namely top management support and the use of Information and Communication Technology.