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Organizational climate and creative performance in the public sector

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Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca, Slåtten, Terje, Lien, Gudbrand·2020·European Business Review
DOI 10.1108/ebr-02-2019-0021
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Purpose: The aim of this study is to examine the role of organizational climate in employees’ creative performance using the public sector as an empirical context. The employees’ creative performance is divided into two entities and studied as two separate effect variables: individual creativity and individual innovative behavior. Design/methodology/approach: A conceptual model is developed and tested in a survey in which employees of a public sector organization participated. Findings: The findings indicate that organizational climate has an important role in employees’ creative performance. The organizational climate showed a positive and significant link to the two creative performance variables included in this study. Moreover, the study revealed that individual creativity mediates the relationship between organizational climate and individual innovative behavior. Research limitations/implications: This paper is limited to examining the role of organizational climate on two creative performance variables related to individual employees in the public sector. To trigger individual creativity and individual innovative behavior in the public sector, there is a need for managers to build, develop and maintain an organizational climate that supports both employees’ creativity and enthusiasm in implementing those novel and useful ideas. Originality/value: To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is among the first in the public sector to demonstrate the importance of organizational climate for employees’ individual creative performance. The findings of this study adds to our current knowledge and understanding of the value of organizational climate, and its influence on individual creative performance in the public sector.

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  • The controlled experimental conditions do not fully capture the complexities of real-world creative processes where additional factors such as task type and organizational climate can influence creativity.

    “The controlled experimental conditions do not fully capture the complexities of real-world creative processes where additional factors such as task type and organizational climate62 can influence creativity.”

    From Establishing the importance of co-creation and self-efficacy in creative collaboration with artificial intelligence (2024) · cites this paper as [62]

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Authors
Mutonyi, B. R., Slåtten, T., & Lien, G.
Affiliations
University of Inland Norway (NO)
Corresponding author
Mutonyi, Barbara Rebecca
ORCID
Venue
European Business Review
Publisher
Emerald
Published
2020-05-06
Volume
32
Issue
4
Pages
615-631
ISSN
0955-534X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1108/ebr-02-2019-0021
OpenAlex
W3023900032
Cited by
109
References
59
Citations by year
2026: 17 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 23 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 2
FWCI
12.97
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
European Business Review (publishedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Organizational Management and Innovation
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Employee Performance and Leadership
Keywords
organizational climate, creative performance, individual creativity, innovative behavior, public sector employees, public administration, mediating role of creativity

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