Organizational Environment As Factor Of Psychological Well-Being

Abstract

Organizational environment influences manifestation of various performance indicators, including the level of employee engagement, psychological well-being and creativity. Company employees define the creative environment as an environment characterized by a special atmosphere that gives freedom of creativity, the opportunity to offer and implement new ideas, the opportunity to go beyond the usual. The most important components of the creative potential of the company environment are the diversity and creativity of work tasks, the sound background, the possibility of solitude, indoor plants, and daylight. The sample of the study is comprised of 100 employees aged 20 to 62, working at 22 commercial companies in St. Petersburg. The following instruments were used for collecting the data: questionnaire Creative environment of the company, developed for research purposes on the basis of the Creativity Development Quick Scan methodology, Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) and Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS). The research results allow one to draw a conclusion that there is a link between the level of the organizational environment of the company and employee engagement level (r = 476, p 0.01) and psychological well-being (r = 329, p 0.01). The study allowed one to formulate the subjective characteristics of ‘creative environment as perceived by employees. The characteristics of organizational environment contribute differently to the overall assessment of company creative potential. The received data can be used by CEOs or HR-managers to improve company organizational environment. The adjusted questionnaire, developed on the basis of the Creativity Development Quick Scan technique, amplifies the psycho-diagnostic toolkit.