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The creative environment scales: Work environment inventory
Abstract
: The Creative Environment Scales Work Environment Inventory (WEI) is a new paper‐and‐pencil instrument designed to assess stimulants and obstacles to creativity in the work environment. Unlike many instruments that are designed as comprehensive descriptions of the work environment, the WEI focuses on those factors in the work environment that are most likely to influence the expression and development of creative ideas. Designed to be used at any level within any function of an organization, the WEI is intended as an organizational development instrument to improve the climate for creativity. Conceptually grounded in previous empirical and theoretical work on creativity and innovation, the WEI has been administered to 645 respondents drawn from five different groups. Factor analyses, scale reliabilities (internal consistencies), and between/within scale correlations indicate a high degree of integrity in the WEI scales. Furthermore, test‐retest reliability is high. Preliminary validity analyses indicate that the WEI does discriminate between different work environments, and that some of the scales are significantly related to creativity within the organization.
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- Authors
- Amabile, T. M., & Gryskiewicz, N. D.
- Venue
- Creativity Research Journal
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1989-09
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 231-253
- ISSN
- 1040-0419 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-6934
- OpenAlex
- W1998106407
- Cited by
- 711
- References
- 6
- FWCI
- 2.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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