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Organizational Formality and Its Relation with Empowerment, Innovation and Creativity of the Employees of Education Organization: A Case Study
Vali Samarghani Motlagh1 and Mohammad Hassani2
1 (Corresponding Author), M.Sc of Educational Administration, Head of Education in Western Azerbaijan, Urmia, Iran.
E-mail: [email protected].
2 Associate Professor of Educational Administration, Department of Education, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Urmia, Iran.
Abstract: The main purpose of this research is to evaluate the relation between organizational formality and employees’ empowerment, innovation and creativity and to investigate the mediator role of empowerment in the relation between organizational formality and innovation and creativity. The statistical population of this research consisted of 186 employees who were selected in random. Some descriptive statistical techniques including Mean, Standard Deviation and Percentage as well as some inferential statistics including Pearson Correlation Coefficient, Multivariate Regression and Partial Correlation were used for data analysis purposes. The obtained results revealed that there is a positive significant relation between organizational formality and employees’ empowerment (r=0.28 and p<0.01) as well as employees’ creativity and innovation (r=0.18 and p<0.05). Also, there is a positive significant relation between empowerment and employees' innovation and creativity (r=0.59 and p<0.01). The results of multivariate regression showed that organizational formality could predict empowerment, innovation and creativity and empowerment itself could predict innovation and creativity. It was also revealed that empowerment and its components play a mediator role in the relation between organizational formality and employees' innovation and creativity. [Vali Samarghani Motlagh and Mohammad Hassani. Organizational Formality and Its Relation with Empowerment, Innovation and Creativity of the Employees of Education Organization: A Case Study. Life Sci J2013;10(7s):43-49] (ISSN: 1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 8
Keywords: Organizational Formality, Empowerment, Innovation and Creativity, Education Organization Employees
