Creative Self-Efficacy (Tierney & Farmer)
HR & WorkReliability: alpha 0.833 sample items
About this scale
A 3-item measure of an employee's confidence in their ability to produce creative outcomes at work. Predicts creative behaviour and innovative work behaviour.
Sample item(s)
“I have confidence in my ability to solve problems creatively”
“I feel that I am good at generating novel ideas”
“I have a knack for further developing the ideas of others”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.83. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Free for academic use.
Source & citation
Tierney, P., & Farmer, S. M. (2002): Creative self-efficacy: Its potential antecedents and relationship to creative performance. Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 45, No. 6, pp. 1137–1148.
Tierney & Farmer (2002): Creative self-efficacy. AMJ, 45(6), 1137–1148.
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