Creative climate and organisational resilience: the mediating role of innovation

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Purpose: – This study aims to investigate the mediation role of innovation between creative climate and organisational resilience.Design/methodology/approach: – The study used a cross-sectional design to collect data about the study variables from parastatal managers using self-administered questionnaires. Hierarchical regression and Medigraph were used to test hypotheses.Findings: – Creative climate has a significant association with innovation and organisational resilience. Innovation partially mediates the effect of creative climate on organisational resilience.Research limitations/implications: – The sample size was small involving only parastatals. The results may be different in an expanded public sector. The study was cross-sectional that is limited in examining long-term effects of creative climate and innovation on organisational resilience. Therefore, a longitudinal study design is proposed for future research.Practical implications: – Managers in parastatals need to provide a conducive creative climate that promotes innovations for organisational resilience.Originality/value: – The study provides empirical evidence on the mediation role of innovation in the relationship between creative climate and organisational resilience in a public sector. The evidence shows the contribution of innovation in striving for organisational resilience based on the creative climate.

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