Integrating the reciprocity lens and the componential model of creative process, we develop novel theoretical insights regarding how and when empowering leadership promotes employee creativity. In a scenario-based experimental study of 198 participants (Study 1), we found that empowering leadership was positively related to employees' felt obligation for constructive change, especially for employees who had a high level of organizational identification. In a three-wave field survey study of 221 employees and their direct supervisors (Study 2), we found that organizational identification strengthened the positive effects of empowering leadership on employees' felt obligation for constructive change. Furthermore, employees' felt obligation for constructive change was positively associated with job crafting behavior, subsequently employee creativity. Our research generates valuable insights into how and when empowering leadership enhances employee creativity.

整合互惠视角和创意过程的组成模型，我们就如何以及何时授权领导力促进员工创造力提出了新颖的理论见解。在一项针对 198 名参与者的基于情景的实验研究（研究 1）中，我们发现授权领导力与员工感受到的建设性变革义务呈正相关，特别是对于具有高水平组织认同的员工而言。在对 221 名员工及其直接主管进行的三波实地调查研究（研究 2）中，我们发现组织认同增强了领导授权对员工建设性变革义务感的积极影响。此外，员工感受到的建设性变革的义务与工作塑造行为以及随后的员工创造力呈正相关。我们的研究为领导力如何以及何时增强员工创造力提供了宝贵的见解。