Public servants’ creativity: salient stimulators and inhibitors a longitudinal qualitative digital diary study

Figures & data

Table 1. Sample analysis.

Organization	A	B	C	D	Average	Sum
Number of active participants	40	25	22	11	24,5	98
Number of diaries	187	144	130	102	141	563
Number of ideas	126	120	91	92	107	429
Average age	46	49	50	51	49	N/A
Female/Male ratio (percentage of females)	60%	40%	15%	40%	41%	N/A
Average years of experience in current organization	11.0	15.3	12.8	12.5	12.4	N/A
Average years of experience in current function	4.6	11.0	6.6	6.2	6.2	N/A
Percentage of respondents with innovation related jobs	0.4%	25.0%	37.9%	100.0%	25.5%	N/A

Table 2. Factor occurrence.

Factor	Range & elaboration	Ratio	Effect	Overall mentions	Affected stage
Work demands	Too low work demands (low) to too high work demands (high), both partially under effect of routinization	Low (43)/ High (183)	Inverted U	Very frequently (226)	Predominantly idea generation, incidentally idea consolidation
Social contact	Lack of social contact (low) to collaboration (high), including informal forms	Low (99)/ High (84)	Positive	Very frequently (183)	Predominantly idea generation, incidentally idea consolidation
Receptiveness	Rigid (low) to open (high)	Low (47)/ High (51)	Positive	Frequently (98)	Idea consolidation
Bureaucracy	Autonomous (low) to formalization and centralization (high)	Low (47)/ High (103)	Negative	Frequently (150)	Idea consolidation
Idea merit	Useless and infeasible (low) to useful and feasible (high), originality (high*) to a lesser degree	Low (68)/ High (611; 43*)	Positive	Exceptionally frequently (632)	Idea consolidation

Data availability statement

Data will be made available for verification upon request but are under embargo and may not be used for additional research.