ASSESSING THE WORK ENVIRONMENT FOR CREATIVITY.
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We describe the development and validation of a new instrument, KEYS: Assessing the Climate for Creativity, designed to assess perceived stimulants and obstacles to creativity in organizational work environments. The KEYS scales have acceptable factor structures, internal consistencies, test-retest reliabilities, and preliminary convergent and discriminant validity. A construct validity study shows that perceived work environments, as assessed by the KEYS scales, discriminate between high-creativity projects and low-creativity projects; certain scales discriminate more strongly and consistently than others. We discuss the utility of this tool for research and practice.
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- Authors
- AMABILE, T. M., CONTI, R., COON, H., LAZENBY, J., & HERRON, M.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Colgate University (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- University of Southern California (US)
- Venue
- Academy of Management Journal
- Publisher
- Academy of Management
- Published
- 1996-10-01
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1154-1184
- ISSN
- 0001-4273 (ISSN-L)
- 1948-0989
- OpenAlex
- W2058394280
- Cited by
- 6,029
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 213 · 2025: 268 · 2024: 261 · 2023: 333 · 2022: 374 · 2021: 338 · 2020: 356 · 2019: 290 · 2018: 313 · 2017: 322 · 2016: 326 · 2015: 331 · 2014: 282 · 2013: 345 · 2012: 279
- FWCI
- 26.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Academy of Management Journal (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Organizational Management and Innovation
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Keywords
- creativity, work environment, creativity climate, organizational climate, instrument validation, construct validity
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