Document Type : Original Article
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Counseling, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran.
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Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Management, Behbahan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Behbahan, Iran.
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M.A of Educational Management, Behbahan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Behbahan, Iran
10.48308/jcoc.2025.238375.1455
Abstract
Background and Aim: Therefore, research in this field is important, and therefore the purpose of this research was to investigate the development of organizational creativity and innovation in education by presenting a structural model of self-leadership, employee creativity, creative atmosphere and innovative orientation in the workplace.
Method: This was a descriptive correlational research using the path analysis method. The statistical population included all education workers (teachers, administrators, administrative workers, etc.) of Dehdasht city in 2024, from which 300 people were selected by random cluster sampling. All of them completed the questionnaires of Wengtada and Rice's (2008) innovative orientation, Lee et al.'s (2014), creative climate of Wengtada and Rice (2008), and Hatton et al.'s (2012) self-leadership questionnaires. For data analysis, Pearson correlation and path analysis methods were used with the help of SPSSV24 and AMOSV24 software.
Results: The results showed that the self-leadership variable had a significant effect on innovative orientation with the mediating role of creative atmosphere (0.216) and employee creativity (0.323). Also, the atmosphere of creativity with the mediation of employees' creativity (0.136) had a positive and significant effect on innovative orientation (P<0.01).
Conclusion: In the end, it can be said that the structural model of the research has good fit indicators, and therefore, the use of this model can help teachers, managers and specialists in the field of education in promoting the creative atmosphere, creativity of employees and, as a result, innovative orientation in education.
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