ANTECEDENTS OF EMPLOYEE CREATIVITY AND ORGANISATIONAL INNOVATION: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

Mohamed Laid Ouakouak () and Noufou Ouedraogo ()
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Mohamed Laid Ouakouak: College of Business Administration, Gulf University for Science & Technology, Block 5, Building 1, Mubarak Al-Abdullah Area/West Mishref, 32093, Kuwait
Noufou Ouedraogo: Department of Organizational Behaviour, Human Resources, and Management, School of Business, Grant MacEwan University, Room 5-306H, 10700 - 104 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5J 4S2, Canada

International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), 2017, vol. 21, issue 07, 1-26

Abstract: As an important source of organisational innovation, employee creativity is considered by most scholars and practitioners as a must for contemporary organisations. In this vein, organisational members should and must actively engage in generating new and valuable ideas. Various scholars have emphasized the value of identifying and understanding the factors contributing to employee creativity. The purpose of this research is therefore to investigate the factors fostering individual creativity and organisational innovation. To this end, we have developed a conceptual model and tested it with an empirical study based on a sample of 307 participants from Canadian organisations. The results reveal that knowledge sharing and person–organisation fit have positive impacts on individual creativity. Furthermore, personal trust moderates the relationship between business ethics and individual creativity. The results also show that an initiative-friendly culture moderates the impact of individual creativity on organisational innovation.These findings offer a new framework for developing further studies on creativity and innovation, as well as important practical implications for managers.

Keywords: Knowledge sharing; person–organisation fit; business ethics; individual creativity; innovation; initiative-friendly culture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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