Although the Componential Model of Creativity (Amabile) is widely cited, its essential assumption that the team creative process is similar to the individual creative process has not been sufficiently tested. Using multi-level, multi-wave, and multi-source data collected in China (490 employees and their 92 immediate supervisors), this study proposes and tests a dual-level framework and obtains six major findings. At the individual level, (i) team members’ creative cognitive style has a positive and indirect effect on individual creativity via knowledge sharing, and team members’ affective commitment to change moderates (ii) the relationship between knowledge sharing and creativity, and (iii) the indirect relationship between creative cognitive style and creativity via knowledge sharing. At the team level, team members’ collective (average) affective commitment to change moderates (iv) the relationship between collective (average) knowledge sharing and average individual creativity, (v) the indirect relationship between empowering leadership and average individual creativity via collective knowledge sharing, and (vi) the indirect relationship between collective knowledge sharing and team creativity via average individual creativity. The main and the indirect relationships are more positive for higher affective commitment to change at the individual level and for higher collective affective commitment to change at the team level. The study contributes to creativity literature and enriches the Componential Model of Creativity.
