The relation between organizational culture and creativity: A case study on physical education experts in Education Administrations

ABSTARCT: The purpose of this research was the relation between organizational culture and the creativity of physical education experts at Education administrations in Guilan province of Iran. The statistical society formed of all physical education experts in Education administrations in cities of Guilan province. In addition, the numbers of samples were the same as statistical society, and it was 40. The method of this research is descriptive and correlational. Measurement tools this research was two standard questionnaires about organizational culture (Sashkin, 1996) and creativity (Randsip, 1979). Experts in the field of sports management confirmed content validity. The questionnaireʹs internal reliability by Cronbachʹs alpha for the organizational culture was 0.81, and for organizational creativity was 0.89. In order to analyze the data, tests of Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Spearman correlation coefficient in significant level of (p?0.05) was used. The results showed that there is no significant relationship between the organizational culture and its subset with the creativity of physical education experts in Education Administrations. In addition, Education Administrations in terms of organizational culture are desirable, but in terms of creativity are very weak. According to the results a stimulating, creative and talented environment in Education Administrations seem to be necessary and the authorities should make all their efforts to identify appropriate culture for the administrations of Education, and Then, to strengthen it, Thus to prepare the organizations growth and employees progress.