The Effect of the Loneliness on Creativity in theWorkplace

Teimouri, Hadi; Heidari, Parisa

doi:10.22054/jmsd.2021.33260.2855

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Hadi Teimouri ¹
Parisa Heidari ²

¹ Associate Professor, Department of Management, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

² M.A of Mnagement, Department of Management, Administrative Sciences and Economics School, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22054/jmsd.2021.33260.2855

Abstract

Nowadays, with the competitiveness of organizations and the increasing complexity, creativity is an important factor for gaining competitive advantage in the global arena and the attention of creative people to achieving creative solutions is of particular importance and in situations where economic crises Each organizational entity will be the presence of creative staff as the main organization of the organization and can guide the situation in an appropriate direction. Therefore, it is important to review it. The purpose of this research is to analyze the effect of the loneliness on creativity in the workplace through mediation of job engagement. This research is applied in terms of purpose and in terms of collecting data, survey-descriptive. The statistical population of this research is the staff of the central directorate of Iran Insurance in Isfahan Province. Simple random sampling was used. To analyze the data collected and to test the research hypotheses, PLS 2.0 software was used. The results indicate that the variable of emotional loneliness and social loneliness on creativity in the workplace has a negative and significant effect, and also loneliness in the workplace on creativity has a negative and significant effect through the mediating factor of job engagement.

Keywords

20.1001.1.22518037.1399.29.98.3.0

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The Effect of the Loneliness on Creativity in theWorkplace

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Volume 29, Issue 98
February 2021
Pages 39-56

The Effect of the Loneliness on Creativity in theWorkplace

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Volume 29, Issue 98February 2021Pages 39-56

Volume 29, Issue 98
February 2021
Pages 39-56