Abstract: Objective: Examining how employee empowerment affects workplace creativity within SME employees of interior design firms in Jordan’s capital city of Amman. Method: Primary information gathered from a broad sample of SME workforce via online questionnaire. For analysis, 80% of the entire number of distributed surveys were deemed legitimate. Software for social sciences and humanities (SPSS). Results: Workers in Jordanian SMEs are highly empowered in terms of Job significant, Job competence, and Self-determination. The three factors have a considerable positive association, and employee empowerment has a favorable impact on workplace creativity. There is evidence to support the sub-hypotheses on the importance of the Job significant, Job competence, and Self-determination. Recommended Actions: Provide financial and moral support, recognize and encourage employees who have new ideas, and provide them the tools they need to succeed through training, responsibility delegation, and participation in decision-making. Meaning: The study emphasizes the value of employee empowerment in fostering workplace creativity and innovation in SMEs, which confront particular challenges due to scarce resources, competition, and market changes.

Keywords: Empowerment, Innovative, Job significance, Job Competence, Employee self-determination

Pages: 1699-1708