Abstract

Few organizational psychologists have attempted to quantitatively measure the work environment for creativity, although there are some psychometrically sound instruments that assess perceptions of organizatonal environments in general. However, recent contextual theories of organizational creativity have tried to identify dimensions of work environments that are related to creativity in organizations. Among them, Amabile(1995) developed and validated a new instrument, KEYS: Assessing the Climate for Creativity, designed to measure perceived work environment for creativity. In study 1, we replicated the validation study of Amabile et al(1996), the purpose of which was to establi.sh the validity of Korean-version of I{EYS scale. The Korean-version KEYS scale had acceptable factor structure, internal consistency, and convergent, discriminant, and criterion-related validity. In study 2, we attempted to develop the short-version of Korean KEYS scale. We discussed the results and limitations of this study, and presented the utility of this scale and future research directions.