Relationships Among Creative Role Identity, Work Motivation, Instructional Skill for Creativity, and Creative Instructional Behavior

This study conducted a questionnaire survey with elementary school teachers from 34 schools in Tainan City. A total of 331 valid questionnaires were retrieved. Structural equation modeling was applied to test the structural model and investigate the relationships among the variables. According to the results, the conclusions are summarized as follows: creative role identity directly influences creative instructional behavior; work motivation directly influences creative instructional behavior; instructional skill in creativity directly influences creative instructional behavior; instructional skill in creativity moderates the relationship between creative role identity and creative instructional behavior; instructional skill in creativity moderates the relationship between work motivation and creative instructional behavior; work motivation moderates the relationship between creative role identity and creative instructional behavior; and work motivation and instructional skill in creativity moderate the relationship between creative role identity and creative instructional behavior. This paper offers a discussion on the proposed model and suggestions for teaching practices and future research.