Decision making, motivation and creativity amongst employees in pharmaceutical companies

Abstract

The study sought to investigate the relationship between decision making, motivation and creativity amongst employees. The study adopted a correlation research design. 70 respondents, 40 females and 30 males were sampled and data analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) from where descriptive statistics, Pearson product moment and correlation coefficients were derived. Findings showed that there is a significant relationship between decision making and motivation at r= .421**< 0.01. This implies that decision making and motivation are significantly related therefore the hypothesis is retained. Findings also showed that there is a significant relationship between motivation and creativity at r= .383**< 0.01 which implies that increase in motivation increases creativity. Therefore the hypothesis is retained. Findings showed that there is a significant relationship between decision making and creativity at r= .927**< 0.01. This implies that decision making and creativity are significantly related. Therefore the hypothesis is retained. This means that it is of great importance for management to involve their employees in decision making, be it at a lower or higher level and also find ways to motivate their employees since this leads to creativity which can increase the company’s productivity