Investigating the relationship between employee creativity and organizational innovation in knowledge-based companies(Case study: Tehran province)

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between employee creativity and organizational innovation in knowledge-based companies in Tehran province by descriptive-survey method of correlation. The statistical population of the study includes all employees working in 3515 knowledge-based companies in Tehran province. The sample size was determined based on Cochran's formula of 384 people. Sampling was done by simple random method. To collect the required data for the research, the Randsip Creativity Questionnaire (1979) and Prajgo and Sohel Organizational Innovation Questionnaire (2003) were used. In this study, based on Cronbach's alpha formula, the reliability of the Creativity Questionnaire (0.74) and the reliability of the Organizational Innovation Questionnaire (0.81) have been estimated. SPSS26 statistical software was used to analyze the research data. The results showed that there is a positive relationship between employee creativity and organizational innovation in knowledge-based companies. On the other hand, between employee creativity with each of the dimensions of organizational innovation, namely production innovation, process innovation and office innovation, respectively (0/532), (0.496) and (0.402) there is a positive relationship.