The effect of meritocracy on organizational innovation in Alborz University Campus

Abstract

Today, skilled and qualified human resources have played a more prominent role, especially due to the importance of technology, the information revolution, and the acceleration of environmental change. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of meritocracy on organizational innovation in Jihad Daneshgahi Research Complex. The statistical population included 719 employees and experts of Alborz University Jihad Martyrs Complex. The study sample was 255 employees and experts of Alborz University Jihad Martyrs' Complex participated in the study based on simple random sampling. In the present study, Moslehi's standard questionnaire of meritocracy (2012) as well as Huang et al.'s organizational innovation standard questionnaire were used(2011). The quantitative findings of the research hypothesis test showed that according to the correlation coefficient equal to 0.852 between the two above variables, the coefficient of determination was equal to 0.725 and the adjusted coefficient of determination was equal to 0.718, which therefore 72.5% of determination variance explains the relation of the variance of organizational innovation to changes in meritocracy. Observance of meritocracy in appointments and a correct and appropriate work environment is recommended to foster creativity in the management of organizations.

Keywords

• meritocracy
• organizational innovation
• professional skills
• universities of alborz province