THE EFFECT OF PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT AND CREATIVE SELF EFFICACY ON CREATIVE WORK INVOLVEMENT

Abstract

Organizational Creativity has become a relatively new and emerging research area within the field of organizational behavior. This study intends to investigate the predictors of creative work involvement through the perception of employees about organizational support and creative self efficacy. The research is conducted by 129 participants from different sectors through survey method. Empirical findings reveal that creative self efficacy and perceived organizational support affect creative work involvement positively and significantly. Depending on the fact that it is a study conducted in Turkey, it may also serve the purpose of providing a cultural perspective for international studies on organizational creativity. It also intends to provide further contribution to the business literature by pointing out managerial implications of the research concepts, and the relationships among them

Keywords

• Perceived Organizational Support, Creative Self Efficacy, Creative Work Involvement

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