Investigating the Relationship between Information Literacy and Organizational Creativity: A Case Study

In modern society, information literacy is considered as an essential element for the creativity of employees in the organizations. Therefore, having creative and literate employees is one of the necessities of any organization. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between information literacy and creativity of employees of the Management and Planning Organization of East Azerbaijan Province.

This research is applied research that has been done by survey method and descriptively. The statistical population includes the employees of the Management and Planning Organization of East Azerbaijan Province in 1400. Using Morgan table of statistical sample size, out of 128 employees, 97 people were selected by simple random sampling and tested. Data collection tool is a Standard questionnaire. Validity was confirmed by a number of professors and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha of 93%. Data were analyzed by SPSS software using analysis of variance, independent t-test and regression.

The findings showed that the correlation coefficient between information literacy and employee creativity is 0.496. In addition, among the 4 components of information literacy, identifying information needs with a coefficient of 0.510 has a greater impact on employee creativity, so information literacy and creativity of employees of the Management and Planning Organization of East Azerbaijan Province is above average and in good condition.

According to the research results, it is a creative and innovative organization whose employees have up-to-date knowledge and information literacy. Therefore, hiring and retaining employees with information literacy, creative and innovative, should be at the top of other organizational affairs.