Open AccessCreative and innovative: an assay of workers
Author(s) -
Sara Ibérico Nogueira,
Lurdes Almeida,
Lurdes Almeida,
Tiago Jossé Souza Lima,
Tiago Jossé Souza Lima
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
revista sul-americana de psicología
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2318-650X
DOI - 10.29344/2318650x.1.1943
Subject(s) - creativity , operationalization , portuguese , context (archaeology) , psychology , test (biology) , sample (material) , organisation climate , social psychology , sociology , epistemology , geography , paleontology , philosophy , linguistics , chemistry , archaeology , chromatography , biology
A contemporary approach to creativity research emphasizes the fact that all people, in their work context, can contribute with creative ideas in some domain. In this sense, the organizational context has a determining influence (Amabile, 1996). The objective of this study is to analyse the impact of organization type (private- versus public-sector), education level, gender and age on creativity and perceived innovativeness with a sample of 611 Portuguese workers. These variables were operationalized by the Test for Creative Thinking- Drawing Production (TCT-DP) and the Innovativeness Inventory (II). Organization type and education level seem to be the best predictors for creativity and innovativeness, respectively.In the future, it intends to undertake a detailed characterization of the variables involved in the organizational climate as these may explain the lower creativity levels of public workersto some extent.