A Study on the Role of Political Behaviors in the Relationship between the Open Mind and Organizational Innovation

The main purpose of this research is to study the effect of political behaviors on the relation between open mind and organizational innovation. Open mind is the independent variable and organizational innovation is dependent variable; furthermore, political behaviors have been considered as the moderator variable. This is a descriptive-correlational research and from the viewpoint of objective, it is practical and has been accomplished through a field study and library research method. The statistical population of the study consisted of the employees of the Vocational Organization of Doroud City (85 people); and the sampling (consisting of 70 participants) was done based on Morgan and Talkman's Table. Sampling was simple randomization and the data relevant to the variables were collected through a standard questionnaire (Alpha Cronbach = 0.860). The validated questionnaire, including 10 questions relevant to organizational innovation (based on Abren C. Clark's Model), enjoyed a reliability of 0.79. The scale employed for answering the questions was a five-level Likert scale and data analysis was done through LISREL and SPSS software. Statistical operations included Pearson's correlation coefficient, regression coefficient and Chi Square. The results show that the political behaviors affect open mind and organizational innovation; open mind correlates positively with organizational innovation; political behaviors are effective on open mind; and political behaviors are effective on organizational innovations.