Employees’ Creative Behavior: The Role of Organizational Climate in Malaysian SMEs

The main purpose of this study is to determine the influence of organizational climate on employee’s creativityand innovation which is a competitive advantage for success and survival of organizations nowadays. Morespecifically the study looked at the different dimensions that constitute organizational climate and examined therelationship between them and employees’ creative behavior. This study also determined which among thedimensions of organizational climate could be the best predictor of employees’ creative behavior. The researchdesign was a quantitativeapproach, and a survey method was used to collect data. The structured questionnaireas a research instrument was distributed among Malaysian SMEs, performing in different economic sectors. Atotal of 100 employees constituted the sample; we collected 61 completed usable questionnaires. The data wereanalyzed with statistical package for social science (SPSS).The results of this study illustrate that organizational climate has significant influence onemployees’creativebehavior. According to the results, among the different dimensions of organizational climate, providingresources were the best predictors of employee’s creative behavior whichfollowed by mission clarity andleaders’ support.