The Impact of Organizational Structure on Employees’ Creativity: A Sector Based Study

Abstract

The paper examines the main building blocks of organizational structure that influence the employees’ creativity in telecommunication sector of Pakistan. The three elements of organizational structure including centralization, formalization and work specialization were selected to find out the impact of organizational structure on the employees’ creativity at workplace. The results revealed that centralization and formalization strongly and negatively influence the creativity management at workplace whereas work specialization has a less significant negative influence on employees’ creativity as compared to the other two elements of organizational structure. The findings of the study will help the managers and top management of the organization to make effective structural changes associated with the employees’ creativity.

Keywords: Creativity, Formalization, Centralization, Work Specialization