THE IMPACT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND WORKPLACE DIVERSITY ON ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION: THE MODERATING ROLE OF EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between organizational culture, workplace diversity, employee motivation and organizational innovation in both public and private sector organizations having business in Pakistan. The general aim is to examine the relationship between organizational culture and organizational diversity and the effect of this relationship on organizational innovation by using employee motivation as a moderating variable.The research used was a Quantitative research approach based on a Cross sectional design. A structured questionnaire was adopted to gather data from 370 employees who had at least two years of experience at their work. Correlation and regression analysis were applied to the study to look at the relationships between the variables.The research results show that organizational culture is very influential in achieving workplace diversity, thereby improving organizational innovation. Additionally, employee motivation bolsters the link between workplace diversity and organizational innovation, lending to the idea that motivated employees are more likely to have a greater impact on innovative outcomes. The findings also revealed that fostering positive and inclusive organizational culture is important to boost innovation performance among organizations in Pakistan.The current study is significant to the literature, as it combines organizational culture, workplace diversity and employee motivation in one framework to account for organizational innovation in a developing country context.