Knowledge workers' creativity and the role of the physical work environment
Jan Dul, Canan Ceylan, Ferdinand Jaspers
Human Resource Management · 2011 · Volume 50 · Issue 6
Abstract
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. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Keywords
Human resource management, work environment, creativity, SME, knowledge worker
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