I cannot tap you on the shoulder for a quick question - May I schedule a meeting?
(2021) BUSN49 20211Department of Business Administration
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Purpose: The purpose of the study is to create a better understanding of how collective
creativity processes are influenced by the shift in space when employees are forced to work
from home (WFH).
Research Question: How has the enforced WFH affected collective creativity processes?
Methodology: The study was conducted by in-depth semi-structured interviews with
employees from a large Swedish multinational company. An interpretivist approach was chosen
as we aim to understand the social reality of the interviewee and how they interpret the
enforced WFH in relation to creativity. Furthermore, an abductive research approach has
allowed us to reinterpret theory and empirical material in the light of each other.
Theoretical... (More) - Purpose: The purpose of the study is to create a better understanding of how collective
creativity processes are influenced by the shift in space when employees are forced to work
from home (WFH).
Research Question: How has the enforced WFH affected collective creativity processes?
Methodology: The study was conducted by in-depth semi-structured interviews with
employees from a large Swedish multinational company. An interpretivist approach was chosen
as we aim to understand the social reality of the interviewee and how they interpret the
enforced WFH in relation to creativity. Furthermore, an abductive research approach has
allowed us to reinterpret theory and empirical material in the light of each other.
Theoretical Perspectives: The theoretical framework presents previous literature on WFH,
organizational creativity, especially the framework for collective creativity, and space in
relation to each other.
Contributions: The study contributes to creativity literature with a more profound
understanding of how enforced WFH affects collective creativity processes. Specifically,
through illustrating that the enforced WFH has implicated the recreation of practices, a loss of
spontaneous interaction and particular challenges affecting collective creativity at OCLO.
Drawing on the findings of the study, an expanded understanding of collective creativity in an
enforced WFH space is presented. (Less)
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- author
- Andersson, Elin LU and Berander, Ida LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- BUSN49 20211
- year
- 2021
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- collective creativity, enforced working from home, physical space, virtual space
- language
- English
- id
- 9058006
- date added to LUP
- 2021-06-23 17:00:48
- date last changed
- 2021-06-23 17:00:48
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abstract = {{Purpose: The purpose of the study is to create a better understanding of how collective
creativity processes are influenced by the shift in space when employees are forced to work
from home (WFH).
Research Question: How has the enforced WFH affected collective creativity processes?
Methodology: The study was conducted by in-depth semi-structured interviews with
employees from a large Swedish multinational company. An interpretivist approach was chosen
as we aim to understand the social reality of the interviewee and how they interpret the
enforced WFH in relation to creativity. Furthermore, an abductive research approach has
allowed us to reinterpret theory and empirical material in the light of each other.
Theoretical Perspectives: The theoretical framework presents previous literature on WFH,
organizational creativity, especially the framework for collective creativity, and space in
relation to each other.
Contributions: The study contributes to creativity literature with a more profound
understanding of how enforced WFH affects collective creativity processes. Specifically,
through illustrating that the enforced WFH has implicated the recreation of practices, a loss of
spontaneous interaction and particular challenges affecting collective creativity at OCLO.
Drawing on the findings of the study, an expanded understanding of collective creativity in an
enforced WFH space is presented.}},
author = {{Andersson, Elin and Berander, Ida}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{I cannot tap you on the shoulder for a quick question - May I schedule a meeting?}},
year = {{2021}},
}