Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a model for how leaders can nurture and develop worker garden variety creativity. Design/methodology/approach – This model was created by synthesizing existing research and literature on leadership and garden variety creativity. Findings –...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to extend the motivating language (ML) theory conceptualization by examining the role of leader‐level communication (as compared to the current dyadic level conceptualization) in employee performance and job satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach –...