Organisations nowadays want to grow creatively and make the most out of creativity in the long run. The main aim of this article was to empirically check the relationship of psychological empowerment and role satisfaction with creativity in Indian organisations. The sample had responses from 333 business executives and managers. On performing correlation analysis, it was found that all the variables in the study were having significant relationship. The backward stepwise regression analysis was performed in order to delete those dimensions that do not contribute towards creativity. The findings revealed that meaning, self-determination and impact significantly predict creativity. Interestingly, achievement, influence and extension were also observed to be the determinants of creativity. Thus, creativity requires the workforce that is high on psychological empowerment and role satisfaction. This study identified two essential variables that affect creativity. It is an innovative attempt to utilise psychological empowerment and role satisfaction independently to improve creativity in an Indian framework.
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