Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Department of Sport Management, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University,Tehran, Iran

2 Department, Sport Management, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University,Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of organizational policy on employee creativity by hiding knowledge: the moderating role of job characteristics. The statistical population of the present study was 1171 employees of the Ministry of Sports and Youth. Finally, 350 people were selected randomly. This study was descriptive and correlational studies. The research instruments were four questionnaires related to personal information, organizational policy of Naqshbandi and Mirani (1398), creativity of employees George and Zhou (2001), concealment of knowledge of Serenko and Bontis (2016), job characteristics of Hackman and Oldham (1979). The validity of research instrument was confirmed by a group of expert professors and its construct validity was confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis based on structural equation model. SPSS, SPSS Sample Power and Amos software were used to analyze the data. The results showed that organizational policy has a negative and significant effect on employee creativity. Organizational policy has a positive and significant effect on hiding knowledge. Hiding knowledge has a negative and significant effect on creativity. In addition, it was found that organizational policy has a negative and significant effect on employee creativity by hiding knowledge. Finally, the results showed that job characteristics can act as a moderator in the relationship between organizational policy and hiding knowledge on the creativity of the staff of the Ministry of Sports and Youth. Based on the results obtained, managers are advised to encourage employees who share their knowledge and increase the professional commitment of employees

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