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Abstract
The research studied the impact of innovative workplaces on creative class workers through analyzing real-life experiences of a sample group of creative workers that showed their interest in participation in two different firms. The two firms are classified as: the professional workplace; where the pilot study took place and the hyper-active workplace; where the long-term survey study happened.
The research carried out a qualitative approach of grounded theory that uses ethnography as the method; it went through long term field observation, interviewing and multiple focus meetings in addition to some questionnaires. The method main goal is to conduct an in-depth study about the phenomenon occurring in context, through experiences and compare it with what previous studies have concluded.
First, the dissertation begins in Chapter One with the summary, and introduction. It includes the problem definition, the research scope, goals and objectives, the hypothesis and the methodology used in the dissertation data analysis. It also presents the research structure, list of contents, tables and figure.
Chapter Two, presents the introduction to the literature review on creativity. It defines Creativity as a term and introduces the four principles of creativity (the four Ps). The chapter then presents the creative class workers and the literature behind the creative personality, work enjoyment and motivation. It went in depth through the psychological benefits of creativity and how the office design, arrangement, fun, play and happiness can impact its users.
Chapter three, introduces an overview of the scientific method used to analyze and collect data. The ethnographic approach was explained, beside the other methods used as questioning, interviewing, and field observation. It presents the firms chosen for both pilot and field work and how the sample was chosen.
Chapter four, presents the creative class workers’ real-life experiences analyses. It also identifies the two categories of creative firms; classified as; the professional workplace, where the pilot study took place and the hyper-active workplace, where the long-term observation field study happened. This chapter, also identifies the emergent footprints from the study with clear narration of the analysis and findings from the data collection and analysis stages.
Chapter five, links the concluded real-life footprints with what literature reviews and previous researches have studied on the principles of creativity (the four Ps of creativity) under the term “experiences”. It presents a timeline of experiences that has three consecutive stops reflected into group meetings. Each meeting address one stop on the timeline that represents the link between a footprint with its alternative creative (P).
Chapter six, consists of three main sections as follows:
First, the original contribution in the research; including the observed and analyzed field work conclusion that resulted from real-life experiences as well as theoretical background research. This conclusion is presented as; the impact of creativity on the workplace context, the reaction to creativity from real-life experiences, the psychological and organizational benefits behind introducing creativity at the workplace, and the research on creativity and innovation.
Second, recommendations are presented in three main axes that have been recognized during the research work. It encourages taking creativity as a decision that is supported, motivated and promoted at the workplace, as well as facilitating that innovative/ creativity-friendly environment that support every initiative towards using the benefit of creativity.
Finally, this chapter concludes suggested points that are explored and encouraged for future researches.