Organizational Support and Creativity: The Role of Developmental Experiences as a Moderator

The study focuses on employees’ creativity as a source for organizational competitiveness in a highly globalized business environment. The study also proposes that creativity can only be achieved with support from the organization. Support comes in the form of developmental experiences provided by the organization for the employees. Perceived organizational support for creativity is the independent variable to creativity's dependent variable with developmental experiences as the moderator. Respondents for the study are 100 employees from the electrical/electronic manufacturing sector in Penang, Malaysia. The study found that the IV predicts the DV and developmental experiences’ role as a moderator is significant. The result indicates that support provided by the organization is a significant factor in generating creativity among their employees.