Creativity is one of the most important factors to increase the productivity of any organization. There are literally different factors influencing creativity such as physical and non-physical components of a system. There are different studies to confirm that both physical and non-physical issues could impact the efficiency, significantly. The study of this paper considers eleven physical and ten non-physical activities in working environment of six organizations with various business activities of educational, manufacturing and service business. The study summarizes the most and the least important physical and non-physical factors based on some statistical tests.
DOI: Keywords: Creativity ,Human resources ,Productivity ,Physical and non-physical activities How to cite this paper: Sheykhan, A & Iran, A. (2011). How physical and non-physical working environment affects creativity: An empirical study.Management Science Letters, 1(3), 335-340.
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