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Article
| Academy of Management Journal
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October 1996
Assessing the Work Environment for Creativity
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T. M. Amabile, R. Conti, H. Coon, J. Lazenby and M. Herron
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Abstract
We describe the development and validation of a new instrument, KEYS: Assessing the Climate for Creativity, designed to assess perceived stimulants and obstacles to creativity in organizational work environments. The KEYS scales have acceptable factor structures, internal consistencies, test-retest reliabilities, and preliminary convergent and discriminant validity. A construct validity study shows that perceived work environments, as assessed by the KEYS scales, discriminate between high-creativity projects and low-creativity projects; certain scales discriminate more strongly and consistently than others. We discuss the utility of this tool for research and practice.
Keywords: Creativity;
Motivation and Incentives;
Organizational Culture;
Innovation and Invention;
Groups and Teams;
Performance;
Research;
Theory;