How Intrinsic Motivation Facilitate Employee Creativity in Work Process

In this article, we examined how intrinsic motivation influence employee creativity in work process. Using survey data from 398 professional or technical workers and their direct supervisors in a large automobile manufacturing enterprise, the results of our study showed that intrinsic motivation influenced every sub-process of creative process engagement, while creative process engagement had a positive influence on employee creativity. We further discuss the limitations of the study.