Does Workplace Creativity Start at Home?: Understanding the Influence of Family Support on Workplace Creativity via Increased Employee Resilience

ABSTRACT The current study aims to provide a better understanding of the role of family support in promoting workplace creativity via improved individual resilience. Further investigating these relationships, the current study assessed data collected via an online survey of 278 participants. Consistent with existing research on the more general construct of social support and creativity, the results provided support for the idea that home life may prove to be a beneficial antecedent of higher creative functioning at work. Family support was found to be directly related to improved self‐perceptions of individual creativity at work. Individuals reporting higher levels of family support also reported higher levels of workplace resilience. Additionally, employee resilience was found to partially mediate the positive relationship between family support and creativity.