Relationship between Knowledge Management and Emotional Intelligence with Staff Creativity of General office of Education in the Province of Guilan

Organizational creativity is an active factor in the success of organizations that are affected by a variety of factors. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of knowledge management and emotional intelligence in employee creativity. This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed in the statistical society of the General Directorate of Education in Guilan province in 2017 (N = 290). One hundred sixty-five people participated in this study. Participants were selected by simple random sampling. The Abedi Questionnaire (1993), Norozi Knowledge Management Questionnaire (2006) and Shiring Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (1966) were used to collect data. Data were analyzed by using SPSS-19 software, Pearson Correlation Coefficient, and stepwise regression tests. The results of Pearson correlation showed that the creativity of the employees has a positive and significant relationship with emotional intelligence (r = 0.634) and knowledge management (r = 0.4211) (P <0.01). Also, the results of regression showed that in emotional intelligence (β=0.364, t=10.453, 0.0000) and knowledge management (β=0.223, t=3.552, 0.0000) variables can explain significantly %0.44 of the variance of creativity. The results indicate that emotional intelligence has more predictive power than knowledge management. Accordingly, the training of emotional intelligence and attention to knowledge management in increasing the creativity of staff is recommended.