Creativity in the workplace: The impact of the work environment.

摘要

Using an interactionist perspective of creative behavior, the present study integrated research findings across a variety of disciplines that have examined creativity to identify variables of some explanatory power. The primary object of this study was to investigate the possibility that characteristics of the job (i.e., autonomy, feedback, skill variety) moderate the relationships (a) between the creative individual (e.g., personality characteristics breadth of interest, complexity, cooperativeness, energy level, innovation, risk taking, social confidence) and his/her creative behavior (i.e., performance review scores), and (b) between self-leadership and creative behavior (i.e., performance review scores). The initial moderator multiple regression analysis did not produce any statistically significant results. Two limitations of the present study that may have contributed to the lack of statistically significant findings included: (a) small sample size, and (b) restriction of range. Supplementary moderator multiple regression analyses were then performed using scores from the innovation scale instead of the performance review scores as the criterion. The supplementary analyses revealed several statistically significant findings regarding the creative individual and his/her creative innovative behavior and self-leadership and creative/innovative behavior. These results, their implications, and additional limitations of this study are discussed.