Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship at Work: Predictive Research

Identifier:  TDX:4263

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX4263

Authors:  Ghasemijalal, Rojin

Abstract:
Background: This study examines how creativity and motivation influence entrepreneurial behavior among Spanish workers, emphasizing the significance of cultivating these attributes in the workplace to foster organizational success. It also considers specific individual traits such as work enjoyment, professional efficacy, and emotional stability, which are hypothesized to be associated with creativity and motivation. Furthermore, this thesis investigates the correlation between creativity and workaholism, burnout, personality, obsessive beliefs, impulsivity, and irritation. It identifies the variables that significantly contribute to the substantial variation in predicting creativity. The primary objectives of this research are to assess the impact of these factors on enhancing creative aptitude, explore the predictors of entrepreneurial motivation, and examine the relationship between innovation and employee creativity. Method: Three studies were conducted with a sample of 1,106 workers from Spain, obtained through non-probability sampling. To meet these objectives, instruments were applied to validate the results. Results: Study one found a positive relationship between creativity and work enjoyment, professional efficacy, functional impulsivity, and responsibility, with work enjoyment being the strongest predictor. The second study showed that promoting creativity and motivation can enhance employees' entrepreneurial behavior. Therefore, training programs should be aligned with organizational goals. The third study found that perfectionism, intolerance of uncertainty, and enjoyment of work were significant predictors of entrepreneurial motivation. Conclusions: The findings emphasize the significance of fostering creativity and motivation in the workplace to encourage entrepreneurial behavior and promote innovation and flexibility. The study suggests that the potential moderating role of these individual characteristics in the relationship between creativity and motivation and entrepreneurial orientation could be explored in future research.