An insight into the workplace and the creativity of knowledge workers: An explorative study of how workspace interacts with creative behaviour

An insight into the workplace and the creativity of knowledge workers: An explorative study of how workspace interacts with creative behaviour

Maat, R.

Den Heijer, A. (mentor)
Van Oel, C. (mentor)

Architecture and The Built Environment

Management in the built environment

Real Estate Management

2016-04-14

Just a bit more than twelve months ago I started this research project. A project that swallowed me into the soft side of real estate with the focus on workplace psychology. Something that is not often done within this master course. The process was messy at times and took regularly great effort to push forward. But I think that my fascination of why people do what they do has been a great diver to make progress. Another important driver was my view on how organisations and consultants too often focus on just a fraction of what the workplace is. It is not just a resource that can be optimised by looking at the hard side or costs. The workplace has the potential to increase important organisational goals, such as creativity through a complex interaction of employee and the workspace in which they operate. My aim of this thesis was to bring some illumination or insight into this complex system by focusing on the knowledge worker and how the physical environment has the potential to nurture creative thinking. I sincerely hope that you, whether you are an expert in the field or not, will get new insights into what the potential role could be of office space into enhancing creativity.

Workplace
Knowledge worker
Creative behaviour
Creativity

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2016-04-14

Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2016 Maat, R.