The Relationship between Locus of Control, Creativity and Performance of the Educational Department Employees in the west of Mazandaran

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this research was to study the relationship between Locus of control, Vreativity and Performance of the education department employees in the west of Mazandaran. The population included 380 employers of education department in the west of Mazandaran from among them 191 employees were selected as samples based on Krejcie and Morgan’s (1970) table for determining sample size and by the use of random class sampling procedure. The subjects’ locusof control by the use of Rotter’s locus of control test, their creativity by the use of Roundsepp’screativity test, and their performance through performance assessment from were studied and evaluated. The obtained data were analyzed by using SPSS software,Perason’s correlation coefficient, and T-test for two independent groups. According to the research findings, there was a positive and significant relationship between the employees’ locus of control, their creativity, and their performance. In addition, the employees’ creativity included higher internal locus of control rather than those who had external locus of control. Besides, according to the amount of creativity, there was a significant difference between these two groups, while due to their performance, no significant difference was confirmed.