Employee Goal Orientation in Relation to Creative Performance

The present study examined the relationship between employee goal orientation and creativity and whether openness to experience moderated these relations. Survey data (N=108) were collected from volunteers across three non-profit organizations. As hypothesized, it was found that learning goal orientation was positively related to creative performance, and avoiding goal orientation was negatively related to creativity. Furthermore, it was found that openness to experience moderated the relationship between proving goal orientation and creative performance.