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The effect of a psychological climate for creativity on job satisfaction and work performance

The organisational climate for creativity has been widely acknowledged to influence various work outcomes such as employee innovation and productivity. Researches carried out on the creative climate in Malaysia have up till now, confirmed the notion. However, as far as the Malaysian context is conce...

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Main Authors: Wong, Foong Yee, Leong, Sai Pink, Lee, Mervyn Chia Sern
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Published: Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2014
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spelling my.upm.eprints.356572016-02-24T03:37:13Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35657/ The effect of a psychological climate for creativity on job satisfaction and work performance Wong, Foong Yee Leong, Sai Pink Lee, Mervyn Chia Sern The organisational climate for creativity has been widely acknowledged to influence various work outcomes such as employee innovation and productivity. Researches carried out on the creative climate in Malaysia have up till now, confirmed the notion. However, as far as the Malaysian context is concerned, the effect of a creative work environment on employee job satisfaction and work performance level has yet to be explored. As such, this study aims to investigate the effects of a psychological climate for creativity on job satisfaction and work performance. Additionally, this study seeks to establish the role of job satisfaction as a mediator on the relationship between organisational climate and work performance. The results from a sample of 118 electrical engineers working only within the area of the Klang Valley suggest that all variable relationships were positively and significantly correlated: Job satisfaction - Work performance, Psychological climate for creativity - Job satisfaction and Psychological climate for creativity - Work performance. Moreover, job satisfaction was found to mediate between the psychological climate for creativity and work performance when an analysis was carried out on three separate regressions. Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35657/1/The%20Effect%20of%20a%20Psychological%20Climate%20for%20Creativity.PDF Wong, Foong Yee and Leong, Sai Pink and Lee, Mervyn Chia Sern (2014) The effect of a psychological climate for creativity on job satisfaction and work performance. International Journal of Economics and Management, 8 (S). pp. 97-116. ISSN 1823-836X file:///C:/Users/UPM/Desktop/SPSD%2017-IJEM/2.%20The%20Effect%20of%20a%20Psychological%20Climate%20for%20Creativity.pdf
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description The organisational climate for creativity has been widely acknowledged to influence various work outcomes such as employee innovation and productivity. Researches carried out on the creative climate in Malaysia have up till now, confirmed the notion. However, as far as the Malaysian context is concerned, the effect of a creative work environment on employee job satisfaction and work performance level has yet to be explored. As such, this study aims to investigate the effects of a psychological climate for creativity on job satisfaction and work performance. Additionally, this study seeks to establish the role of job satisfaction as a mediator on the relationship between organisational climate and work performance. The results from a sample of 118 electrical engineers working only within the area of the Klang Valley suggest that all variable relationships were positively and significantly correlated: Job satisfaction - Work performance, Psychological climate for creativity - Job satisfaction and Psychological climate for creativity - Work performance. Moreover, job satisfaction was found to mediate between the psychological climate for creativity and work performance when an analysis was carried out on three separate regressions.
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author Wong, Foong Yee
Leong, Sai Pink
Lee, Mervyn Chia Sern
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Leong, Sai Pink
Lee, Mervyn Chia Sern
The effect of a psychological climate for creativity on job satisfaction and work performance
author_facet Wong, Foong Yee
Leong, Sai Pink
Lee, Mervyn Chia Sern
author_sort Wong, Foong Yee
title The effect of a psychological climate for creativity on job satisfaction and work performance
title_short The effect of a psychological climate for creativity on job satisfaction and work performance
title_full The effect of a psychological climate for creativity on job satisfaction and work performance
title_fullStr The effect of a psychological climate for creativity on job satisfaction and work performance
title_full_unstemmed The effect of a psychological climate for creativity on job satisfaction and work performance
title_sort effect of a psychological climate for creativity on job satisfaction and work performance
publisher Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate 2014
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35657/1/The%20Effect%20of%20a%20Psychological%20Climate%20for%20Creativity.PDF
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