TITLE:
Employee Autonomy and Employee Creativity: The Mediating Role of Intrinsic Motivation
AUTHORS:
Yussif Mohammed Alhassan, John Yaw Akparep, Frederick Ngmenkpieo
KEYWORDS:
Employee Autonomy, Intrinsic Motivation, Employee Creativity, Self-Determination Theory, Mediation Analysis
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Leadership,
Vol.11 No.4,
November
8,
2022
ABSTRACT: Globally, improving the
degree of self-development of workers is very critical for companies to promote
sustainable development. In an attempt to find an appropriate way to motivate
and empower employees to be creative, organizations and management experts have
come to realize that employees’ operational autonomy and intrinsic motivation
are paramount. This research explores how the connection between employee
autonomy and employee innovation is mediated by employee intrinsic motivation.
Using the Hayes Process model of mediation, we collected and analyzed data from
a sample of 133 employees of selected institutions in Ghana. The findings show
that the relationship between employee autonomy and employee creativity is
mediated by employee intrinsic motivation. Thus, our analysis found that there
is a significant connection between employee autonomy and creativity. Also,
there was a significant relationship between employee autonomy and intrinsic
motivation. Equally, we realized a significant relationship between intrinsic
motivation and employee creativity. These findings highlight the need to
develop more strategies and principles of motivation in organizations. The
study recommends that policymakers in organizations attach the necessary
attention to the intrinsic side of employees’ motivation for better performance
to spur productivity.