The relationship between knowledge sharing and organizational citizenship behavior with organizational creativity in Higher Education Institutions (study case: staffs in University of Qom)

Organizational creativity has always been influenced by various variables and factors. One of the affecting components on organizational creativity is the various processes of knowledge management and the phenomenon of organizational citizenship behavior. Thus the purpose of this research was study of relationship between knowledge sharing and organizational citizenship behavior with organizational creativity in Higher Education Institutions. Research type was descriptive correlative and statistical population consisted all of staff employees in University of Qom (N=344) that by using Cochran Formula and stratified randomized sampling 260 ones were chosen as sample. To gathering data’s used from knowledge sharing standard questionnaire, organizational citizenship behavior standard questionnaire and organizational creativity questionnaire. Content validity was used to measure questionnaires validity. Questionnaires reliability through Cronbach alpha coefficient obtained equal to 0.91 for knowledge sharing, 0.82 for citizenship behavior and 0.85 for organizational creativity. Data’s analysis done in descriptive level (frequency, percentage, mean & standard deviation) and inferential level (one sample t-test, regression coefficient & structural equation modeling) by using Spss & Amos Graphic software’s. Finding showed mean of organizational citizenship behavior in different components were bigger than average and mean of knowledge sharing and organizational creativity were lower than average. Regression coefficient showed that both knowledge sharing and organizational citizenship behavior can predict employees' organizational creativity.