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

Human potential represents a competitive advantage not only of the companies but also the Universities. Universities form the intellectual level and motivation of all individuals and groups in the country. From this point of view, the paper pays attention to the motivation of University teachers, points to connections between the motivation of teachers and motivation of students, and suggests the ways for developing motivational competence of the teachers. Methodological part presents results of our questionnaire survey realized at the Universities in two countries: Slovak Republic and Poland. This one searched the strength of motivation of the University teachers and managers (e.g. motivation to new ideas, creative suggestions and complex improvement), frequency and efficiency of applied motivators, existence of the motivational programs, etc. Negative knowledge flows from this survey the motivation of teachers is disturbed and does not reach its maximum. Therefore the application part of the paper deals just with the motivational competence of teachers that we consider as the most important competence. Motivational competence is viewed as the synthetic competence and consists of the competence of motivating oneself, competence of motivating students, and competence of motivating colleagues. On the basis of theoretical issue, survey results and own empirical experience, paper suggests several individual and group methods and techniques intended for developing motivational competence of the teachers (e.g. creative discussions with colleagues, keeping and activating the motivational journal/diary, accepting and using motivational impact of the managers, colleagues and students, etc.)

The growing importance of creative knowledge workers as a resource of particular significance for the growth of organizations is becoming one of the greatest challenges of the knowledge-based economy. Thus, the growing role of creative organizations contributes to building the economic potential of cities, regions, countries, but also of various organizations operating in the market. The development of civilization at its current stage has always been a source of this type of activity. Hence, the issue of understanding how creative knowledge workers operate has been and continues to be addressed by researchers around the world in recent years. The topic presented in this article on the knowledge and creativity of employees and their impact on the growth of creative organizations to a certain extent responds to this demand. The aim of the article is to clarify and extend the conceptualization in terms of creative activities performed by knowledge workers and the correlations with their characteristics and with knowledge initiatives. Achieving the set aim would allow to indicate that modern development depends on the proper generation of knowledge and creativity and the resources offered by an organization to facilitate its absorption in terms of growth prospects. The article reviews the research on cognitive, theoretical, methodological, and empirical issues regarding the development of creative knowledge workers employed in creative organizations as well as characteristics of workers and knowledge initiatives introduced in organizations. The analysis of the literature allowed to establish a research framework and indicate which knowledge initiatives are important and which characteristics of selected employees may be related to creative activities. Empirical verification was carried out through the analysis of basic descriptive statistics with Spearman’s ρ rank correlation and the relationship between nominal and ordinal variables using chi-square tests. The results of the study revealed significant relationships between the performance of creative activities and certain characteristics of knowledge workers as well as between the performance of creative activities and the introduction of knowledge initiatives. It turned out that the knowledge of the nature of the connections between the mentioned activities and knowledge initiatives is the basis for determining which knowledge initiatives in the case of a given creative organization will bring the best results in the form of taking effective creative activities by knowledge workers. Moreover, a person who performs creative activities has only some of the characteristics presented in this article. The research results are particularly relevant to the development of creative knowledge workers employed in creative organizations. Setting out guidelines aimed at changing this state of affairs and the research conducted allowed the identification of areas for improvement in order to ensure that they develop more effectively and meet the demands of competitiveness, generating more innovative ideas.

There are many theories for the analysis of leadership, characteristics associated with the concept, functions and leadership styles. It was found that the behaviour of leaders have influence on the organizational climate and culture conducive to creativity (Hage and Dewar, 1973; Maier, 1970; Amabile et al., 1996; Mumford et al., 2002). It is claimed that the leader should build such working conditions that enable creativity, learning and efficiency. The superior may not always be able to influence the complexity and suitability to work, but it can have an impact on working conditions and the willingness that the people in this environment will continue to develop and grow by encouraging them and recognition. In a work environment that encourages creativity, should be perceived atmosphere of fairness, confidentiality and security. Which improves the basic conditions for the development of creativity, i.e. well-being, freedom and enthusiasm. The purpose of this article is to present theories that relate to the leadership impact on the creativity. Therefore, the attempt to study the impact of leadership of academics lecturers among young people (students) was made. The main objective of the research was: Using scientific procedures and using the appropriate methodology examined and recognized types of leadership, which in the opinion of students most actively shape the creative attitude. Considerations were the basis for the formulation of the research hypothesis: The more active leadership favourable to the development of creativity, the higher the level of creativity among students, who as part of the intellectual capital is a major 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 Arts was conducted

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This article examines motivation and the quality of decision making’s effect on motivation as important preconditions for organizational sustainability. The article is focused on an examination of the content and intensity of perceived motivation, and the forms of decisions that were made while motivating people. Motivation (from a theoretical and empirical point of view) is related to crucial processes of human potential development and motivation. The analysis, synthesis and generalization of knowledge related to sustainability, motivation and decision making in human potential motivation are presented in the theoretical part of the article. The empirical part presents the results of sociological questionnaire, focusing on the area of decision making in motivation that was carried out on sample of respondents in the Slovak Republic (n = 500), Poland (n = 390) and Lithuania (n = 226). The results confirm a strong correlation between the level of the motivation and the quality of key processes of development of human potential (leadership, appraisal, communication, and the creation of an atmosphere of trust). In all examined countries and processes, the calculated values of the chi-square test were significantly higher than the table value (level of significance = 0.05). The section describing the results contains a proposed content-componential model of decision making in affecting and building sustainable motivation.