Location, Working Hours and Creativity

• Autorzy: Ad van Iterson

Warianty tytułu

Lokalizacja, godziny pracy i kreatywność

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Background. From the Industrial Revolution onwards, mass production factories and bureaucratic institutions were characterized by coordinated action which was concentrated in specific locations (factories, offices) and at set working hours. However, it is widely assumed that working together face-to-face is rapidly diminishing due to telework, geographical spread of firms, and inter-organizational collaboration.
Research aims. This paper speculates how the liquefying of location, working hours, and organizational boundaries will affect creativity, and ultimately innovation, on the work floor. Special consideration is given to the multi-sensuous and relational aspects of moments of creative insight, also known as "epiphanies". The phenomenon of epiphany will be linked not only to individual creativity, but also to dyadic and group creativity, so as to emphasize its relational character.
Methodology. This paper furthers earlier theoretical work regarding the effects of distant work on employee self-control (Clegg & Van Iterson, 2013) and empirical research into the role of epiphany on organizational creativity (Van Iterson et al., 2017). (original abstract)

Tło badań. Od czasów rewolucji przemysłowej masowe zakłady produkcyjne i biurokratyczne instytucje charakteryzowały się skoordynowanym działaniem, które koncentrowało się w określonych lokalizacjach (fabrykach, biurach) i określonych godzinach pracy. Jednak powszechnie przyjmuje się, że współpraca twarzą w twarz szybko traci na wartości z powodu telepracy, geograficznego rozproszenia firm i współpracy międzyorganizacyjnej.
Cel badań. W tym artykule spekuluje się, w jaki sposób upłynnienie lokalizacji, godzin pracy i granic organizacyjnych wpłynie na kreatywność, a ostatecznie na innowacje w miejscu pracy. Szczególną uwagę przywiązuje się do wielu zmysłowych i relacyjnych aspektów momentów twórczej pracy, zwanych również "epifaniami". Zjawisko epifanii będzie wiązało się nie tylko z indywidualną kreatywnością, ale także z twórczością diadyczną i grupową, aby podkreślić jej relacyjny charakter.
Metodologia. Niniejszy artykuł stanowi kontynuację wcześniejszych prac teoretycznych dotyczących skutków odległej pracy nad samokontrolą pracowników (Clegg & Van Iterson, 2013) oraz badań empirycznych nad rolą objawienia się w kreatywności organizacyjnej (Van Iterson, Clegg & Carlsen, 2017). (abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Creativity; Innovations; Labour

PL

Kreatywność; Innowacje; Praca

• Czasopismo: International Journal of Contemporary Management
• Rocznik: 2017
• Tom: 16
• Numer: nr 2
• Strony: 7--31

Twórcy

autor

Ad van Iterson

• Maastricht University School of Business and Economics

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DOI

10.4467/24498939IJCM.17.008.7521