The Relationship between Organizational Creativity and Happiness with Organizational Performance of the Road and Transportation Staff

Nowadays organizational creativity and employee happiness have a special place in organizational change, and as a major asset in human resources, it is a tool for developing the business environment, providing quality services and ultimately improving organizational performance.

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between organizational creativity and happiness with organizational performance of the Road and Transportation Staff.

The research applied in terms of purpose and method was descriptive, correlational one. The statistical population consisted of all staff members of the Road and Transportation (N= 160). The statistical sample was 113 participants that determined by the Krejci and Morgan formula and selected by stratified random sampling according to gender. Data were gathered by using three standard questionnaires: organizational creativity, happiness and organizational performance questionnaires. Their reliability was calculated to 0.74, 0.73 and 0.75 respectively by the use of Cronbach Alpha. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics including were used to analyze the data.

The results indicated that there is a positive and significant correlation between organizational creativity and happiness with the organizational performance. Also, the contribution of each dimension of organizational creativity and happiness is different in predicting organizational performance of employees.

Considering the relationship between organizational creativity and happiness with organizational performance, managers of the Road and Transportation Bureau, by adopting appropriate policies, support, enhance and develop the creativity and happiness of employees as an important part of their programs, so that they can function through them. Improve the organization of the staff.