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This study investigated the impact of leader's intellectual stimulation on employees' absorptive capacity, creative behavior, and task performance. In particular, this study examined employees' absorptive capacity as a mediator in the relationship between leader's intellectual behavior, creative behavior, and task performance, between job innovativeness, creative behavior, and task performance. On the basis of theoretical linkages between the constructs, a conceptual model and hypotheses were established. Empirical data were collected by using a set of questionnaires. This survey was administered to employees working in 20 major firms. 606 samples were used for the analysis. Structural equation modeling(SEM) was used to test the hypothesized relationships in the conceptual model. This study shows that the proposed model is reasonably fit to the actual data. From these analyses, we can find some significant results and implications. First, the quality of leader's intellectual stimulation does not have directive impact on employees' creative behavior and task performance. Second, job innovativeness has directive impact on employees' creative behavior and task performance. Third, employees' absorptive capacity has mediated effects in the relationship between leader's intellectual behavior, creative behavior, and task performance, between job innovativeness, creative behavior, and task performance.