ORGANIZATIONAL CREATIVITY: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY AT A PUBLIC ORGANIZATION IN TURKEY IN TERMS OF FACTORS MOTIVATING CREATIVITY

Year 2015, Volume: 33 Issue: 4, 87 - 111, 31.12.2015

Fikret Sözbilir , Salih Yeşil

https://doi.org/10.17065/huiibf.70944

Abstract

Creativity is transferring of the ideational innovation to the application.
Organizational creativity is achieved through individuals, who generate new ideas and apply
them, to improve the innovative performance in corporate activities. For
organizational creativity, it is really necessary that a new
idea must be created. This study aims to determine the impact
of creativity dimensions (organizational encourage-ment, supervisory
encouragement, work group supports, sufficient resources, freedom,
organizational impediments, and workload pressure) on organizational
creativity. In addition, it is aimed to provide recommendations based on
results regarding positive or negative effect of creativity dimensions on the
development of organizational creativity. In this empirical study, the data on
perceptions concerning creativity and organizational creativity was gathered by
means of a questionnaire from 127 participating sublevel managers working in
different provincial directorates of a public organization in Turkey. Data were subjected to analysis with SPSS 16.0 software and presented in tables. The findings showed that creativity dimensions; while
organizational encouragement and work group supports have positive impact, sufficient resources have negative impact, on the other hand
freedom, organizational impediments, and workload pressure have no significant
impact on organizational creativity.

Kurumsal Yaratıcılık: Yaratıcılığı Etkileyen Faktörler Açısından Türkiye’de Bir Kamu Kurumunda Alan Araştırması

Abstract

Yaratıcılık, düşünsel yeniliğin uygulamaya aktarılmasıdır. Kurumsal yaratıcılık bireylerin kurumsal faaliyetlerde yeni fikir üreterek ve uygulayarak yenilikçi performansını artırması ile sağlanır. Kurumsal yaratıcılık için, yeni bir fikrin gerçekten yaratılmış olması gerekir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, yaratıcılığın boyutları olan kurumsal destek, yönetici desteği, çalışma grubu desteği, kaynak yeterliliği, serbestlik, kurumsal engeller ve iş yükü baskısının kurumsal yaratıcılık üzerindeki etkisini belirlemektir. Bununla birlikte kurumsal yaratıcılığın geliştirilmesinde yaratıcılığın boyutlarından olumlu ve olumsuz etkileyenler ile ilgili öneriler sunmaktır. Bu alan çalışmasında, Türkiye’de bir kamu kurumunda farklı illerde çalışan 127 orta düzey yöneticiden anket yardımıyla il müdürlüklerindeki yaratıcılık ve kurumsal yaratıcılık algılarına ilişkin veriler toplanmıştır. Elde edilen verilerin analizi SPSS 16.0 programı ile yapılarak tablolar halinde sunumu yapılmıştır. Elde edilen bulgular, kurumsal yaratıcılık üzerinde; yaratıcılık boyutlarından kurumsal destek ve çalışma grubu desteğinin olumlu etkisi olduğunu, kaynak yeterliliğinin olumsuz etkisi olduğunu, diğer taraftan yönetici desteğinin, serbestliğin, kurumsal engellerin ve iş yükü baskısının anlamlı bir etkisinin olmadığını göstermiştir.

Keywords

Yaratıcılık, kurumsal yaratıcılık

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