The effect of intrinsic motivation and psychological capital on employee creativity (Case Study: Telecom Lorestan Province)

Subject Areas : Journal of Educational Psychology

Reza Sepahvand ¹ , Abddollah Saeedi ² , Ayoub Pazhohan ³

1 - Assistant Professor of Management, University of Lorestan
2 - M.A of Business Administration University of Lorestan
3 - Lecturer, Department of Public Administration, Payam Noor University

Received: 2016-06-23 Accepted : 2016-11-07 Published : 2016-12-21

Keywords: intrinsic motivation, psychological capital, employee creativity, Telecom Lorestan Province,

Abstract :

In today's competitive world, the ability to create new ideas creates value by knowledge workers and competitive advantage for enterprises is crucial. In order to achieve this important human capital for innovative ideas should have sufficient incentive and motivation necessary for them to provide organizations. This study aimed to investigate the effect of intrinsic motivation and psychological capital on employee creativity Telecom was Lorestan. The purpose of applied research, and the method of data collection, descriptive-survey. The study population included all employees of Telecom is the province that using simple random sampling method and Cochran formula, sample of 196 individuals was selected. Data using standard questionnaires Choi and colleagues intrinsic motivation; psychological capital Luthans and Abedi creativity collecting and using structural equation modeling approach (AMOS) and were analyzed using SPSS software. The results showed that in 95% of intrinsic motivation and creativity Psychological Capital employees have a significant positive effect. On the other hand, psychological capital mediatory role of intrinsic motivation on employee creativity plays in effect. So to improve the creativity of employees should pay more attention to internal motivation and psychological capital.