Dr. Oscar Pakos
Dr. Oscar Pakos
Doctoral Thesis
Creating Workplaces That Matter: Understanding the Value and Mechanisms of Creative Workspaces
Creative workplaces are working environments with unique physical structures and elements that promote creative behavior and represent an innovative organization to the outside world. Given that the physical work environment influences creative behavior, providing adequate workspaces for employees is now seen as crucial to an organization’s ability to innovate. It is, therefore, not surprising that pioneering companies around the world are implementing modern workspace designs as part of the concept often referred to as New Work and using them as a strategic resource to significantly influence employees’ performance for long-term corporate success. The physical work environment represents a valuable organizational tool and a central platform within companies that brings people, technologies, and ideas together, resulting in competitive advantages.
In five scientific articles, academics and organizational decision makers will learn about the motivation, impact, and behavioral changes of employees that accompany a workplace transformation, and they will understand what requirements a modern work environment needs to meet to support creativity and innovation.
Research Output
Journal Articles
2023
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"More than meets the eye”: Unveiling the full potential of creative workspaces in modern organizations
In: European Journal of Workplace Innovation 7 (2023), p. 49-77
ISSN: 2387-4570
DOI: 10.46364/ejwi.v7i2.1033
2022
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Designing Activity-based Workspaces – An Analysis of Creativity Enhancers and Inhibitors in Physical Work Environments
In: European Journal of Business and Management 14 (2022), p. 1-17
ISSN: 2222-1905
DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/14-4-01
2021
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Understanding the Mechanisms of Activity-based Workspaces: A Case Study
In: Environment and Behavior (2021)
ISSN: 0013-9165
DOI: 10.1177/00139165211008240 - , , , :
The Leap into the New Normal in Creative Work: A Qualitative Study of the Impact of COVID-19 on Work Practices in Industrial Companies
In: European Journal of Business and Management (2021)
ISSN: 2222-1905
DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/13-10-01
2020
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Why You Should Care about Blockchain: The Groundbreaking Impact on Business Models, Whole Organizations, and the Basic Principle of the Entire Economy
In: Journal of Technology and Innovation Management (2020)
ISSN: 2511-8714
Open Access: https://www.journal-tim.com/archive
Conference Contributions
2022
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Working from Home: an Extension of Activity-based Workspaces? A Quantitative Analysis
European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference (Winterthur, 15. June 2022 - 17. June 2022)
2021
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Working in the Office or Working from Home: Where are Employees most Creative?
Continuous Innovation Network (CINet) Conference (Gothenburg | Virtual Conference, 13. September 2021 - 15. September 2021) - , , , :
Designing Activity-Based Workspaces – An Analysis of Creativity Enhancers and Inhibitors in Physical Work Environments
30th International Conference on Management of Technology (IAMOT) (Cairo | Virtual Conference, 19. September 2021 - 23. September 2021) - , , , , , :
The Divergence Between Perceived and Effective Creativity in Activity-based Workspaces
International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) Conference (Berlin, 20. June 2021 - 23. June 2021) - , , , :
The Digital Company: Effects of Digitalization on a Companys Work Environment – Insights of a Systematic Literature
30th International Conference on Management of Technology (IAMOT) (Cairo | Virtual Conference, 19. September 2021 - 23. September 2021)
2020
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Understanding the Mechanisms of Activity-based Workspaces: A Case Study
Just and Smart Transitions: New Deals, Markets and Governance | Jubilee Conference on the occasion of 30 years of re-establishment of the faculty within the University (Sofia | Virtual conference, 23. November 2020 - 24. November 2020) - , , , , :
New Work: Significance, Research and Application Areas
European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference (Dublin | Virtual conference, 4. December 2020 - 6. December 2020) - , , , , :
Why Employees Refuse Innovative Offices - Barriers Against Activity-based Workspaces
International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) Conference (Berlin | Virtual Conference, 7. June 2020 - 10. June 2020)
2019
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Understanding the Mechanisms of Activity-based Workspaces: A Case Study
Continuous Innovation Network (CINet) Conference (Odense, 8. September 2019 - 10. September 2019) - , , , , , :
Understanding the Mechanisms of Activity-based Workspaces: A Case Study
International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) Conference (Florence, 16. June 2019 - 19. June 2019) - , , , , , :
Leading for Creativity: Reviewing the Past Decade of Empirical Research on Leader Characteristics and Behavior
European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference (Lisbon, 26. June 2019 - 28. June 2019) - , , , , :
Flexible Working - Collaboration Booster or Productivity Killer?
European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference (Lisbon, 26. June 2019 - 28. June 2019) - , , , , :
Blockchain - Industrial Applications and Potentials
28th International Conference of the International Association for Management of Technology (IAMOT) (Mumbai, 7. April 2019 - 11. April 2019)
2018
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Explored Objectives and Experienced Consequences when Realizing Creative Workspaces
International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) Conference (Stockholm, 17. June 2018 - 20. June 2018)
Presentations
2021
- Die Arbeitswelt steht Kopf: Zusammenarbeit und Kreativität brauchen Räume
(Speech / Talk)
22. October 2021, Event: G’scheid Schlau! Das Lange Wochenende der Wissenschaften
2019
- Was Kreativität schafft: Einblicke in die aktuelle Kreativitätsforschung
(Speech / Talk)
8. October 2019, Event: Impulsvortrag @TeamBank | Nürnberg