An Investigation into Personal and Organizational Factors Affecting the Creativity of the National Iranian Gas Company Employees

The research purpose is to examine the individual and organizational factors affecting the creativity of the National Iranian Gas Company employees. Therefore through carrying out a descriptive-correlational study، a sample of 157 was selected via stratified sampling from a larger population of 789 employees. The research tools included Robbins’s organizational structure، Cameron & Quinn’s organizational culture، and Randsip’s creativity questionnaires. Results indicated that culture and organizational structure (organizational factors) are positively correlated to the employees’ creativity. In addition، education (personal factors) was statistically correlated to the employees’ creativity. Furthermore، findings demonstrated that the increase of organizational culture and education can consequently increase the individuals’ creativity، whereas، formalization and centralization lead to a decrease in the level of creativity.