Can Creativity Make a Difference? Leveraging the Creative Work Environment to Impact Performance in Annual Revenues of Architectural Firms

Katharine E. Leigh; Kenneth R. Tremblay; Jr.; Amy M. Huber

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Can Creativity Make a Difference? Leveraging the Creative Work Environment to Impact Performance in Annual Revenues of Architectural Firms

Katharine E. Leigh, Kenneth R. Tremblay, Jr., Amy M. Huber

Published in International Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (Volume 2, Issue 4)

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Abstract

Creativity remains an elusive, intangible contributor to workplace performance despite emphases from psychoeconomic approaches. Few empirical studies investigate creativity’s influence on organizational performance in a manner applied to practice or have differentiated creative versus non-creative domains. It has also been proposed that organizations have yet to establish management frameworks maximizing their creative capital. This study examines responses to an e-survey from staff of five top ranked U.S. architectural practices (N = 90). Study findings identify potential differences between creative versus non-creative domains, factors impacting creativity in the workplace, and the relationship between organizational creativity and annual revenues.

Published in	International Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (Volume 2, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijebo.20140204.12
Page(s)	58-68
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Organizational Creativity, Workplace Performance, Values

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Department of Design and Merchandising, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Kenneth R. Tremblay
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Amy M. Huber

Department of Interior Design, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA

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