Existing studies have shown that social intelligence and emotional intelligence have a positive impact on creative behavior, but there is a lack of research on the differential impact of each subdimension and path differences across generations. The p...
Existing studies have shown that social intelligence and emotional intelligence have a positive impact on creative behavior, but there is a lack of research on the differential impact of each subdimension and path differences across generations. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of social intelligence and emotional intelligence subdimensions on creative behavior through knowledge sharing behavior and psychological safety. In particular, we compared the MZ generation with the older generation to determine whether there are any differences in the pathways of creative behavior by generation.
A total of 400 copies of data were collected by conducting a survey among employees working in domestic companies and analyzed by dividing them into 200 MZ generation and 200 older generation. Smart PLS 4.0 was utilized to test the research hypotheses.
The results of the analysis for the entire sample are as follows. First, social awareness, social information processing, and social skills, which are subdimensions of social intelligence, were found to have a positive effect on knowledge sharing behavior. Second, self-evaluation and emotion regulation, which are subdimensions of emotional intelligence, were found to have a positive effect on psychological safety. Third, psychological safety had a positive effect on knowledge sharing behavior and creative behavior. Fourth, knowledge sharing behavior was found to have a positive effect on creative behavior. In the case of MZ generation, social information processing had a significant effect on knowledge sharing behavior, but social awareness had no significant effect. On the other hand, for the older generation, social awareness had a significant effect on knowledge sharing behavior, but social information processing did not have a significant effect. These results suggest that MZ and older generations promote knowledge sharing behavior through different pathways.
This study contributes academically and practically by identifying the differential impact of social intelligence and emotional intelligence subdimensions and empirically confirming the differences in pathways between MZ and older generations. However, since the sample of this study is limited to a specific region, future studies should expand the sample to include various industries and regions.
Key words: Social intelligence, Emotional intelligence, Knowledge sharing behavior, Psychological safety, Creative behavior, MZ generation, Older generation