Assessing the Work Environment for Creativity

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...

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Published inAcademy of Management journal Vol. 39; no. 5; pp. 1154 - 1184
Main Authors Amabile, Teresa M., Conti, Regina, Coon, Heather, Lazenby, Jeffrey, Herron, Michael
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ada, Ohio, etc Academy of Management 01.10.1996
Subjects
Business innovation
Creativity
Educational innovation
Encouragement
Motivation
Organizational behavior
Perception
Perceptual organization
Special Research Forum: Innovation and Organizations
Studies
Technological innovation
Work environment
Work environments
Workloads
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0001-4273
0000-1427
1948-0989
DOI:10.5465/256995