Identifying and Investigating the Factors Affecting Creativity and Innovation in Strategic Human Resource Management Using Meta-Analysis Method

Creativity and innovation are two important factors in the development and progress of organizations and communities. Creativity means the ability to create new ideas, and innovation means presenting a new and innovative product, service or process that helps the organization grow and progress. These two factors can be strengthened individually or collectively within organizations and can improve organizational performance and efficiency. Given the intense competition in the market, organizations that can generate new and innovative ideas will have greater success in the market. Therefore, the aim of this research is to identify and investigate the factors affecting creativity and innovation in strategic human resource management using meta-analysis method. This research is part of analytical-descriptive research conducted using meta-analysis method. The statistical population of the research includes all internal research conducted in the last 14 years (2008-2021) on the factors affecting creativity and innovation, which have been published in foreign scientific journals, books, and databases, including Google and Google Scholar, as well as domestic scientific databases such as Noor specialized journals database, Jahad Daneshgahi scientific information portal, and Megiran database. Using purposive sampling method, 10 researches were selected and studied, and 4 main factors were identified as effective factors on creativity and innovation in strategic human resource management. The results showed that the effective factors on creativity and innovation in strategic human resource management are organizational culture, an appropriate motivational system in the organization, training and development programs, and the use of information technology.