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Can the Office Environment Stimulate a Manager’s Creativity?

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  • Ceylan, C.
  • Dul, J.
  • Aytac, S.

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This paper explores whether the manager’s physical office work environment can stimulate the manager’s creativity. A total of 60 managers from a large manufacturing company participated in the study. They rated the creativity potential and physical elements of office environments shown in 25 photographs. The results indicate that offices differ in terms of creativity potential. Compared to offices with low creativity potential, offices with high creativity potential have lower complexity, more plants, bright lighting conditions, windows, cooler colors, and a computer facility. The results suggest that a good interior design of manager’s office environment could stimulate a manager’s creativity and could therefore contribute to an organization’s innovation.

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  • Ceylan, C. & Dul, J. & Aytac, S., 2008. "Can the Office Environment Stimulate a Manager’s Creativity?," ERIM Report Series Research in Management ERS-2008-059-LIS, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
    • Handle: RePEc:ems:eureri:13215
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    1. Hongqidi Li & Xueyan Du & Huirui Ma & Zhimeng Wang & Yue Li & Jianping Wu, 2022. "The Effect of Virtual-Reality-Based Restorative Environments on Creativity," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(19), pages 1-38, September.
    2. Fabrizio Scrima & Elena Foddai & Jean-Félix Hamel & Cindy Carrein-Lerouge & Olivier Codou & Benoit Montalan & Boris Vallée & Oulmann Zerhouni & Liliane Rioux & Pierenrico Marchesa, 2022. "Workplace Aesthetic Appreciation and Exhaustion in a COVID-19 Vaccination Center: The Role of Positive Affects and Interest in Art," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(21), pages 1-12, November.
    3. Hongqidi Li & Wenyi Dong & Zhimeng Wang & Nuo Chen & Jianping Wu & Guangxin Wang & Ting Jiang, 2021. "Effect of a Virtual Reality-Based Restorative Environment on the Emotional and Cognitive Recovery of Individuals with Mild-to-Moderate Anxiety and Depression," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(17), pages 1-30, August.
    4. Lei Peng & Ruiying Jia, 2023. "Exploring the Interplay of the Physical Environment and Organizational Climate in Innovation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(20), pages 1-20, October.
    5. Izadi, Anoosha & Rudd, Melanie & Patrick, Vanessa M., 2019. "The Way the Wind Blows: Direction of Airflow Energizes Consumers and Fuels Creative Engagement," Journal of Retailing, Elsevier, vol. 95(4), pages 143-157.

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    Keywords

    creativity; idea generation; innovation; managers; office; work environment;
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    JEL classification:

    • M - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics
    • M11 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Production Management
    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D

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