linking perceived employee voice and creativity

Authors

asadollah ganjali

saeed rezaee

abstract

researchers are of the belief that employee voice has favorable effects for both the employee and the organization. however, the effect of employee voice on creativity, and the process through which it influences creativity, has hitherto received little attention. this study aimed at investigating the relationship between perceived employee voice and creativity. employees of three premier dairy companies located in mazandaran province constituted the statistical population of this research. using a random sampling method, 302 employees were selected as the research sample. data was gathered through a questionnaire. before testing the hypotheses, a localized scale was developed for employee voice. results of the data analysis revealed that perception of employee voice has a positive effect on work meaningfulness. moreover, work meaningfulness has a positive effect on intrinsic motivation. results also prove that intrinsic motivation has a significantly positive effect on an individual employee's creativity.

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Journal title:
iranian journal of management studies

Publisher: university of tehran, farabi college

ISSN 2008-7055

volume 9

issue 1 2016

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