Employee’s Participation in Decision Making and Manager’s Encouragement of Creativity: The Mediating Role of Climate for Creativity and Change

Ali Zubair¹, Mohsin Bashir^1*, Muhammad Abrar², Sajjad Ahmad Baig², Shaher Yar Hassan²

¹Department of Business Administration, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
²Department of Business Administration, National Textile University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.

DOI: 10.4236/jssm.2015.83033                

Abstract

This paper examined the relationships among employee’s participation in decision making (PDM), manager’s encouragement of creativity (MEOC) and employee’s creativity (CTY) and the role of climate for creativity and change (CLT) as a possible mediator among the relationships. Multisource data was collected from 206 employees and their managers. The results indicated that employee’s participation in decision making and manager’s encouragement of creativity were positively related with employee’s creativity. Support was also found for the role of climate for creativity and change as a partial mediator. Findings suggested that employee’s creativity was positively related with employee’s participation in decision making and manager’s encouragement of creativity through climate for creativity and change.

Keywords

Participation in Decision Making, Manager’s Encouragement of Creativity, Employee’s Creativity, Climate for Creativity and Change

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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