기업상담을 위한 적응적 창의성 측정도구 개발 및 타당화 연구

초록

The purpose of this study was to develop and validate an adaptive creativity inventory which will be a useful instrument in the field of workplace counseling. In this study, the adaptive creativity refers to an individual’s creativity optimized in a given environment, was defined as integrated approach that individual psychological factors as well as work performance factors of organization. Participants in this research were male and female employees from various business enterprises in Korea. The results were as follows. First, the model of adaptive creativity was developed by selecting final twenty items. The four sub-factors were labeled according to the theories of creativity including “change oriented motivation(5 items), cooperative communication(5 items), integrated cognition(5 items), and behavior of work efficiency(5 items).” Second, the internal consistency reliability of all factors were acceptable and the whole scale reliability was also agreeable. Third, with the Structural Equation Model showed that the four domains model fit was good supporting the cross-validity. This study explored the factors of adaptive creativity and developed a new inventory accordingly. It is expected that individual employees would use the inventory for developing appropriate level of creativity in their workplace since the inventory includes both work performance and personal psychological process. It is necessary that professionals in the field of workplace counseling and education have to consider about work performance and psychological well-being of employees for the support creativity of employee. Limitations of this study and directions for future studies were also discussed.

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