Organizational Factors Affecting Organizational Creativity: A Meta-Analysis Study in Some Iranian Organizations

In a changing environment, organizations should consider creativity and innovation in the workplace. It would be a competitive advantage for organizations. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors affecting creativity through meta-analysis in Iranian organizations by integrating separate research conducted in the field of creativity, the factors affecting it and the effect size of each factor and the degree of homogeneity.

The research method is meta-analysis. CAM2 software has been used for this purpose. In the initial search based on the year and language, 1687 related documents were found from the studied databases. After that, 170 pieces of research were selected by inclusion criteria and entered into the meta-analysis process.

Findings showed that at the 95% confidence level, organizational factors have a significant effect on organizational creativity and can explain 0.52% of changes in organizational creativity variable. Also, the results of the heterogeneity test indicated that there is heterogeneity between the studies, which is why the random effect size has been used. The funnel diagram also indicated that the standard error is low and the bias is relatively low, it indicates a normal and random distribution, and the observed error is due to possible oblique types.The results of this study show that the P-value of bureaucracy culture, hierarchical culture, job complexity, behavior-oriented strategy, and delegation is more than 0.05. These variables did not affect organizational creativity. Also, the variables of strategy and policies based on knowledge and tribal culture with the effect size of 0.65 and 0.63, the highest percentage of creativity changes in Iranian organizations, and the variable of pragmatic leadership with the effect size of 0.17, the lowest percentage of creativity changes in Iranian organizations.

On the basis of research results, efforts to improve organizational culture, especially the enrichment of tribal culture, as well as development of organizational knowledge management strategies, and planning to implement these strategies will have a significant impact on the development of organizational creativity in Iranian organizations.