Creativity and working from home: a necessary condition analysis

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dc.contributor.advisorBreet, S.
dc.contributor.authorKramer, Alain
dc.date.issued2025-07-08
dc.description.abstractIndividual creativity of employees is a key driver of organizational innovation, competitive advantage, and long-term performance and survival. While numerous studies have examined various antecedents that enhance the individual creativity of employees, non have researched whether these antecedents are truly necessary for creativity to occur. This study applies Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) to investigate whether four commonly cited antecedents – openness to experience, job autonomy, open network and transformational leadership – function as non-compensable prerequisites for high levels of individual creativity. Additionally, this study takes the extent of remote work into account, as this might alter the necessity of the antecedents. An online survey was distributed among employees of a software company and the Public Prosecution Service, resulting in 56 respondents. The findings reveal that perceived job autonomy is the only necessary condition for the entire dataset; without a minimum degree of perceived job autonomy, high levels of individual creativity cannot be achieved. In contrast, other antecedents were not found to be necessary, except for perceived job autonomy when working 0-25% from home, and open network when working 50-75% from home. These results highlight the context-dependent nature of necessity and identify fundamental bottlenecks of individual creativity. Methodologically, this study demonstrates the added value of NCA as an analytical approach, enabling researchers to distinguish between merely supportive and necessary factors
dc.identifier.urihttps://theses.ubn.ru.nl/handle/123456789/20412
dc.language.isoen
dc.thesis.facultyFaculteit der Managementwetenschappen
dc.thesis.specialisationspecialisations::Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen::Master Business Administration::Strategic Management
dc.thesis.studyprogrammestudyprogrammes::Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen::Master Business Administration
dc.thesis.typeMaster
dc.titleCreativity and working from home: a necessary condition analysis

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