TY - JOUR
T1 - The Living and Working Together Perspective on Creativity in Organizations
AU - Gazzaroli, Diletta
AU - Gozzoli, Caterina
AU - Sánchez-Gardey, Gonzalo
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Although creativity represents a cornerstone for organizations that want to keep up with competitors, customers, and the current socio-economic context, there is a dearth in the literature of systemic and comprehensive models focused on the complexity and addressing several dimensions and factors. In this context, we propose the perspective of “working and living together in organizations” to enrich the scientific dialogue with a proposition that aims to hold together different variables of interaction and relationship between different parts of the organization (Gozzoli, 2016a,b). In fact, according to our previous studies (Frascaroli et al., 2016; Gorli et al., 2016; Marta et al., 2016; Saita et al., 2016; Tamanza et al., 2016), a generative living and working together environment is itself directly linked to creativity and innovative processes. This is because in a generative living and working together environment relationality – that is, the possibility of exchange among workers mediated by the object of work – is enabled. With this study, we intend to provide a contribution to the creativity study field, applying our perspective to an extensive level of analysis. The model was tested using the Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling methodology with EQS-6.3. Our results found some interesting elements in support of the theory behind this study.
AB - Although creativity represents a cornerstone for organizations that want to keep up with competitors, customers, and the current socio-economic context, there is a dearth in the literature of systemic and comprehensive models focused on the complexity and addressing several dimensions and factors. In this context, we propose the perspective of “working and living together in organizations” to enrich the scientific dialogue with a proposition that aims to hold together different variables of interaction and relationship between different parts of the organization (Gozzoli, 2016a,b). In fact, according to our previous studies (Frascaroli et al., 2016; Gorli et al., 2016; Marta et al., 2016; Saita et al., 2016; Tamanza et al., 2016), a generative living and working together environment is itself directly linked to creativity and innovative processes. This is because in a generative living and working together environment relationality – that is, the possibility of exchange among workers mediated by the object of work – is enabled. With this study, we intend to provide a contribution to the creativity study field, applying our perspective to an extensive level of analysis. The model was tested using the Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling methodology with EQS-6.3. Our results found some interesting elements in support of the theory behind this study.
KW - creativity
KW - identity
KW - living and working together in organizations
KW - organizational culture of difference
KW - otherness
KW - work purpose
KW - creativity
KW - identity
KW - living and working together in organizations
KW - organizational culture of difference
KW - otherness
KW - work purpose
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/147814
UR - http://www.frontiersin.org/psychology
U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02733
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02733
M3 - Article
SN - 1664-1078
VL - 10
SP - 2733
EP - 2746
JO - Frontiers in Psychology
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
ER -