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Using 658 samples of office workers and managers from 17 different enterprises, we examined whether psychological empowerment mediated the effects of transformational leadership on followers’ creativity. The results of hierarchical regression analysis show that there is a positive relationship between transformational leadership and employees' creativity. In addition, transformational leadership influences employees' creativity through psychological empowerment. A theoretical implication of this study is that transformational leadership strengthens creativity when it focuses psychological empowerment. Practically, we argue that delegating or resource sharing is only one set of conditions that may empower subordinates. To promote greater feelings of psychological empowerment, managers should (a) set challenging and/or meaningful goals, (b) express high trust in subordinates' competence and (c) promote opportunities for subordinates to participate in decision making.