IMPACT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT ON EMPLOYEE CREATIVITY: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF TEACHER’S CREATIVE SELF-EFFICACY

Abstract

A teacher who enhances his creative self-efficacy foster’s his creativity. The study examined two variables; Professional development a personal variable and workplace environment a situational variable. The study also revealed the effect of mediating function of teachers' creative self-efficacy. The goal of the research was to see the influence of the workplace environment and professional development on employee creativity in the Baluchistan education department. The study is based upon primary data comprising questionnaire developed from reliable measures. The sample size of the study is of 250 employees from teaching Staff i.e. Secondary School Teachers (SSTs; General & Science) from education department for general results. Data was analyzed using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). Professional development had shown positive impact on employee creativity. Workplace environment had a positive impact too on employee creativity. Teacher’s creative self-efficacy (TCSE) a mediating variable, affected the positive impact of both Professional development and workplace environment on employee creativity. A more professional teacher in a good workplace environment affects his creativity. The study discussed the implication of results for education department and other organization as well as for further research.