THE EFFECT OF CAREER MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS ON EMPLOYEE CREATIVITY: A RESEARCH IN KONYA, TURKEY

Organizations wanting to capture and have the dynamism to hold the contemporary changes in their hands, or even wanting to go a step beyond of the changes; aim to capture “human resources who are knowledgeable, have the potential to provide solutions to new challenges and are qualified" more than technological and financial superiority. Therefore institutions began designing their organizational structure in accordance with their staffs future plans and career prospects. In the literature study, there has not been observed any study discussing the relationship between creativity and career management applications. Hence, the main purpose of this study is to investigate whether career management applications and lower dimensions which aim to combine the individual and organizational career goals have any effect on employee creativity. The study is an empirical research and for collecting data survey techniques are used. The universe of their search is civil servants at a public institution in the province of Konya, Turkey. To the surveyed 92 personnel, Career Management and Employee Creativity scales were applied. Then the data obtained was analyzed using SPSS 22 software package. As a result of the research it has been identified that the career development subscale of career management has a positive and significant effect on employee creativity. It has also been observed that there is a moderate level of creativity of participants.