Organizational climate of higher education institutions and its implications for the development of creativity

Creativity, beside knowledge and innovation, is a significant determinant of the growth of modern economies. It is the potential of non-materialistic resources on which depend economic successes of whole regions as well as of business entities functioning in them. Non-materialistic resources are difficult for diagnosis owing to their attributes and a difficulty appears among researchers of the presented phenomena in interpreting the applied methods and the analysis of obtained research results. However, all the time attempts are made to describe economic components of this type because theorists as well as experienced experts of economic life prove, in their numerous publications on the problem, that the significance of these resources for the development is unquestionable.There was made an attempt to study the organizational climate of higher education institutions as determinants influencing creative attitudes among young people, so desirable in today's economy. The main objective of the research was: Using scientific procedures and using the appropriate methodology examined and recognized in current state of organizational climate of universities and its impact on the development of students creativity. Considerations were the basis for the formulation of the research hypothesis: The higher and more advanced level of organizational climate focused on creativity, the higher the level of creativity among students, who as part of the intellectual capital is a key factor in the development of micro-and macro-region. In order to verify this objective and the research hypothesis, tests on a group of 232 students from the University of Szczecin, West Pomeranian University of Technology and the Academy of Art was conducted.