Relationship of Reward Systems with Creativity of Officials and Pars Abad Health Network Staff

Abstract

Background & objectives: Considering the rewards, intrinsic motivation and trusting the goodwill can provide a situation for employee creativity that is vital to the survival of the organization. Therefore, considering the important role of creative employees in organizations, the goal of present research was to investigate the relationship between reward systems and staff creativity of Pars Abad health network Methods: The present study is descriptive-survey in terms of method and applied in terms of purpose. Data were collected using the Standard Employee Creativity Scale by Torrance (1963) and the Kabura Reward Systems Questionnaire (2009). 238 people were selected as the sample by Cochran's formula and simple random sampling method. The obtained data were tested by Pearson correlation and multivariate regression analysis. Results: The results showed that there were relationships between reward systems with stretch dimension (ß=0.173, p =0.007), with initiative dimension (ß=0.170, p =0.008) and with flexibility dimension (ß=144, p =0.026), but there was no significant relationship between reward systems with fluid dimension. Conclusion: Considering the relationship between reward systems and the creativity of the officials and employees of the health network of the studied city, it is suggested that the managers of the organization provide a suitable environment for creativity through methods such as timely reward in proportion to employees' performance. The implementation of the reward system and the program of job privileges and the granting of related benefits should be based on the results of the employee performance evaluation process.