constructive deviance

Creative deviance means defiance and disobedience to the orders of managers pursuing creative ideas which can bring positive results. The aim of the current research is to identify and prioritize the antecedents and consequences of creative deviation using the fuzzy Delphi method.

In terms of method, this research is a mixed research, and in terms of the type of use, it is an applied and exploratory research. The statistical population of the research included management professors and experts from Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari governorates, 16 of whom were selected based on the principle of adequacy and theoretical saturation and by snowball sampling. A semi-structured interview was used to collect data in the qualitative part, and a Delphi questionnaire was used to collect data in the quantitative part. The validity of the data collection tool was tested using theoretical validity and content validity and its reliability using intra-coder-inter-coder method. To measure the validity of the questionnaire, the content validity method was used, and the inconsistency rate method was used to measure the reliability.

Based on the data analysis, the most important factors among the antecedents of creative deviance include high IQ, risk-taking, creative thinking and vagueness of rules, motivational factors, employees' mastery of rules and management support, and among the consequences, creating creative performance and increasing the ability to innovate, increasing organizational efficiency, accelerating organizational goals and solving some organizational problems are among the most important factors.

Creative deviance has important practical implications for organizations. By giving employees some degree of individualism and psychological independence, managers can encourage creative deviation and creative efforts among employees.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of manager's assertiveness on creative deviant behaviors in organization considering the role of mediator of political networking in Iranian public universities. The present research is a descriptive-analytic, correlation type based on purpose, applied and research method. The statistical population of the study consisted of 425 Deputy Directors and Managers of Iranian Government Universities. According to Cochran's formula, 202 individuals were selected as sample. In order to measure the variables of the research, the questionnaires of Flynn (2007), Gallerin (2002) and Jean and Pierce (1996) were used to measure Manager's assertiveness, creative deviation and political networking. To analyze the data, Structural Equation Modeling and pls software were used. The findings of the research showed that the Manager's assertiveness has a positive and significant effect on the constructive deviance behavior as well as on the political networking of the people at the workplace. The political networking variable also reinforces the relationship between Manager's assertiveness and constructive deviance in an incremental direction.