Employee creativity: personal and contextual factors at work

Article Abstract:

This study examined the independent and joint contributions of employees' creativity-relevant personal characteristics and three characteristics of the organizational context - job complexity, supportive supervision, and controlling supervision - to three indicators of employees' creative performance: patent disclosures written, contributions to an organization suggestion program, and supervisory ratings of creativity. Participants (171 employees from two manufacturing facilities) produced the most creative work when they had appropriate creativity-relevant characteristics, worked on complex, challenging jobs, and were supervised in a supportive, noncontrolling fashion. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Creative ability, Creativity, Business creativity

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Channel expansion theory and the experiential nature of media richness perceptions

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Individual perceptions regarding the richness of communications channels is explained by the channel expansion theory which takes into account experiential factors. The channel expansion theory has been found to be generally supported by the results of a cross-sectional study and a multiwave study of electronic mail. Hence, knowledge-based experiential factors can have a positive influence on media richness perceptions.

Psychological aspects, Organizational communication, Experiential learning

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Effects of work redesign on employee perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors: a long-term investigation

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This study investigated the long-term effects of work redesign on a number of perceptual, attitudinal, and behavioral variables. For the experimental group, 526 bank tellers, attitudinal variables initially improved, but then declined to previous levels. Performance showed no change after 6 months but significant improvements after 24 and 48 months. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Perception, Perception (Psychology), Attitude change, Work design

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