當企業組織面臨到人才的流失時，常以加薪、升遷等治標的解決方法，而非治本地釐清部屬離職的真正原因。大多數的部屬是因為他們的主管而離職，因此領導者與部屬之間的關係對於部屬來說是留任職位的一大主因。因此，本研究從領導者與部屬交換關係的觀點出發，試圖探討其前因後果，前因為領導者與部屬之人格特質差異性，後果為創意、自我效能及內在動機，並進一步探討自我效能及內在動機在領導者-部屬交換與創意之間的中介效果。
本研究以台灣本土公司作為主要研究對象，研究問卷分為A、B兩式，總計發放224套問卷，回收有效樣本為192組，有效樣本回收率為85.7%。本研究主要使用層級迴歸分析來進行研究假說之驗證。經由實證分析，本研究分析結果如下：
(一) 領導者-部屬盡責性及親和性人格特質差異性與領導者-部屬交換之間呈現負相關。
(二) 領導者-部屬交換與創意、自我效能及內在動機之間呈現正相關。
(三) 自我效能及內在動機與創意之間呈現正相關。
(四) 自我效能及內在動機在領導者-部屬交換與創意之間，具有部分中介效果。
本研究主要貢獻如下，首先，本研究探討領導者-部屬人格特質差異性與領導者-部屬交換之間的關係；其次，本研究探討領導者-部屬交換與創意之間的關係；最後，本研究驗證了自我效能及內在動機在領導者-部屬交換與創意之間的部分中介效果，以作為後續研究之參考。

When the organization faced the loss of employees, they often increased pay or promoted, rather than clarified the real reason of their leaving. Actually, most of the employees quit their job because of their leaders. Therefore, the relationship between leaders and members is the main cause of retention for members. Based on LMX (Leader-Member Exchange), this study would like to figure out the causes and the consequences. First, this study tries to investigate whether personality differences between leader and member will affect LMX, and whether LMX will affect idea generation, self-efficacy and intrinsic motivation. Besides, to examine whether self-efficacy and intrinsic motivation will affect idea generation. At last, to discover whether self-efficacy and intrinsic motivation will mediate the relationship between LMX and idea generation.
The research is performed through the questionnaires survey to companies in Taiwan with two versions: one for leaders and another for members. We sent 224 questionnaires and a total of 192 valid questionnaires are returned. The final response rate is 85.7% and we used hierarchical regression analysis to verify all hypotheses.
Our findings can be summarized as following. First, differences in conscientiousness and agreeableness between leader and member will be negatively related to LMX. Second, LMX will be positively related to idea generation, self-efficacy and intrinsic motivation. Third, self-efficacy and intrinsic motivation will be positively related to idea generation. Finally, self-efficacy and intrinsic motivation will mediate the relationship between LMX and idea generation.

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