The influence of philosophical mentality and spiritual intelligence on creativity of employees mediated by organizational commitment
Abstract
The root of organizational creativity depends on employee’s creativity and any factor increasing the staff ’s creativity. In recent years, specific features of the mind and the role of emotions in people are considered a competitive advantage that has been at the center of attention by organizations. Therefore, the present study focused on the relationship between spiritual intelligence and philosophical mentality on employee creativity and the mediating role of organizational commitment. To analyze the conceptual model of research, philosophical mentality the Smith’s Wellbeing Questionnaire for Workers, spiritual intelligence King’s Questionnaire, organizational commitment Allen and Meyer’s Organizational Commitment Scale, and organizational creativity Randsip’s Creativity Questionnaire were used for collecting data. Data analysis was performed using Pearson correlation coefficient and analysis of variance. The statistical sample included 278 employees of factories located in industrial towns of Isfahan, Iran. The results indicated the positive relationships between philosophical mentality and creativity, philosophical mentality and organizational commitment, spiritual intelligence and employee creativity, spiritual intelligence and organizational commitment, organizational commitment, and employee creativity. In addition, philosophical mentality and spiritual intelligence can affect the employee’s creativity through organizational commitment as a mediator variable.
Keyword : case study, organizational commitment, personnel creativity, philosophical mentality, spiritual intelligence
How to Cite
Khalilzadeh, M., Bahari, A., & Kiaee, M. (2023). The influence of philosophical mentality and spiritual intelligence on creativity of employees mediated by organizational commitment. Creativity Studies, 16(2), 650–667. https://doi.org/10.3846/cs.2023.16462
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Sadeghi, M., & Razavi, M. R. (2020). Organizational silence, organizational commitment and creativity: The case of directors of Islamic Azad University of Khorasan Razavi. European Review of Applied Psychology, 70(5). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erap.2020.100557
Sattari, S. (2017). Organizational spirituality viewpoint of faculty member’s medicine campus Islamic Azad University Ardabil branch. Development Strategies in Medical Education, 4(2), 1–14.
Smith, Ph. G. (1965). Philosophy of education: Introductory studies. Harper and Row.
Taghi Lou, A., Khajeey, S., & Mahmoudi, A. H. (2012). Investigation of the strategies to promote teachers creativity through the educational principals of education department of Razan City of Iran. Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological Sciences, 2(12), 658–670.
Tee Suan Chin, S., Raman, K., Ai Yeow, J., & Eze, U. C. (2012). Relationship between emotional intelligence and spiritual intelligence in nurturing creativity and innovation among successful entrepreneurs: A conceptual framework. Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, 57, 261–267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.09.1184
Tenenhaus, M., Amato, S., & Esposito Vinzi, V. (2004). A global goodness–of–fit index for PLS structural equation modelling. In Proceedings of the XLII SIS Scientific Meeting (Vol. 1, pp. 739–742). Cooperativa Libraria Editrice Università di Padova.
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