the Influence of Task Conflict on Job Task and innovation Performance: Medicating Role of Knowledge Creation and Moderating Role of Hardiness

Abstract

Based on componential theory of creativity this empirical research was conducted to investigate mediating role of knowledge creation between task conflict and job performance and moderating role of hardiness.  Data were gathered from 410 software developers of Islamabad and Rawalpindi and survey method was used for data collection. Data was collected at two times with the time gap of 15 days; and convenient sampling technique was used. Findings suggests that Task Conflict has positive influence on Job Performance and knowledge creation mediates between task conflict and job performance. Statistical results of the study also provide empirical evidence that Hardiness being a personality trait moderates the relationship between task conflict and knowledge creation.