The Organizational Climates for Creativity Affecting Innovative Work Behavior of Personnel of Vocational Education Institutions in the Three Southern Border Provinces

Abstract

          The objectives of this research were 1) to investigate the level of organizational climate that supports creativity among staff of vocational education institutions in the three southern border provinces, 2) to investigate the level of innovative behavior among staff of vocational education institutions in the three southern border provinces, and 3) to investigate the effect of organizational climate that supports creativity on innovative behavior among staff of vocational education institutions in the three southern border provinces. This is a quantitative research using questionnaire data collection.The sample size used to answer this questionnaire was personnel of vocational educational institutions under the three southern border provinces, totaling 297 people, obtained from the opening tables of Krejcie and Morgan (1970) The statistics used to analyze the data were mean, standard deviation, and multiple regression analysis. The results of the study found that 1) the overall level of organizational climate that supports creativity was highest, with the highest scores in the following areas: autonomy, supervisor support, sufficient resource support, teamwork support, organizational support, and challenging work, 2) The overall level of innovative behavior among staff of vocational education institutions in the three southern border provinces was highest, with the highest scores in the following areas having new ideas, presenting or promoting new ideas, and making ideas feasible 3) Organizational climate that supports creativity, including organizational support, resource support, and challenging work, had a significant effect on innovative behavior of staff at the .05 level, explaining 28.00 % of the variation in innovative behavior.