THE EFFECTS OF ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT IN TEAM WORKING ON CREATIVITY AND PERSONAL INITIATIVE OF EMPLOYEES
Organizational support is one of the important dimensions of team working concept. The culture that will encourage employees to take the initiative and be creative requires top management support. The research question of this study is how organizational support exerts influence on take the initiative by team members and creativity of the employees. Therefore, this study aims to shed light on the relationship among organizational support, creativity and personal initiative. As a result of test of the hypotheses, positive and significant relationships between Organizational Support and Creativity and between Organizational Support and Personal Initiative have been supported. Managerial implications of these results are that if the employees feel the support of the management, they will be willing to take the initiative and they will unleash their creative potentials.

Keywords
Organizational Support, Creativity, Personal Initiative