The Role of Leader Support in Person-Job Fit and Employee Creativity

Abstract

The concept of person-job fit is characterized as the degree of collaboration between both the worker and the work. It is connected to the communication between interaction for further development of job as well as relevant employee organization. Employee creativity is the capacity to come up with concepts or ideas that can result to new services, products, production methods, or modus operandi. This study was aimed to examine the extent person-job fit influence employee creativity and examined how the effect is being moderated by leader support. The study investigated the connections between person-job fit and employee creativity and the moderating effect of leader support. The research examined the relationship between person-job fit (PJF) and employee creativity (EC): the moderating role of leader support (LS) in Ecobank of Oyo State, Nigeria. The study also explains the relationship of the variables, person-job fit (PJF), employee creativity (EC), and the moderating variable, the role of leader support (LS). Using a quantitative research approach, data were gathered from 245 respondents who worked in Nigerian Ecobank at the time of this research. Surveys and questionnaires make up the research design. SPSS was deployed for the statistical analysis. The data was obtained from employees both male and female who are members of staff working in Ecobank of Oyo State, Nigeria during the time of the study. Our results showed that certainty benefits the company in terms of making positive and successful energy that further develops the work effectiveness of workers.  The result of analysis supported all the hypotheses (H1 & H2).  The findings indicated that all the hypotheses were all supported.