KNOWLEDGE WORKERS' CREATIVITY AND THE ROLE OF THE PHYSICAL WORK ENVIRONMENT


Dul J., Ceylan C., Jaspers F.

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, cilt.50, sa.6, ss.715-734, 2011 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 50 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1002/hrm.20454
  • Dergi Adı: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.715-734
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The present study examines the effect of the physical work environment on the creativity of knowledge workers, compared with the effects of creative personality and the social-organizational work environment. Based on data from 274 knowledge workers in 27 small and medium-sized enterprises, we conclude that creative personality, the social-organizational work environment, and the physical work environment independently affect creative performance. The relative contribution of the physical work environment is smaller than that of the social-organizational work environment, and both contributions are smaller than that of creative personality. The results give support for human resource practices that focus on the individual, the social-organizational work environment, and the physical work environment in order to enhance knowledge workers' creativity. (C) 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.