Description
This volume presents a distinctly multilevel perspective on creativity and innovation that considers individual-level, team-level, and firm-level factors. In illustrating these factors, this volume presents both theoretical and practical implications to guide researchers and practitioners alike in the continued study and advancement of creativity and innovation in organizations.
Chapter authors not only discuss the abilities, personality, and motivational attributes that contribute to employee creativity, but they also address the impact of leadership and climate on creative performance in teams. Subsequently, firm-level influences such as planning, learning, strategy, and professions that influence the success of creative and innovative efforts are examined.
With contributions from leading scholars around the globe, this book offers a comprehensive review of creativity and innovation to assist researchers and practitioners in their quests to understand and improve organizational creativity and innovation. This is an essential resource for scholars, researchers, or graduate students interested in creativity, innovation, and organizational behavior.
Table of Contents
Series Foreword
List of Contributors
- Creativity and Innovation at Work
- The Assessment of Creative and Innovative Performance
- What is Needed to Think Creatively at Work? Knowledge and Skills
- The Abilities that Contribute to Creativity and Innovation at Work
- Personality and Creativity at Work
- Temporal Dynamics of Creativity and Motivation: What We Know, What We don’t, and a Few Suggestions for Filling the Gap
- Integrating Creative Climate and Creative Problem Solving
- Cognitive and Social Processes in Team Creativity
- The Leadership Role in Creative Problem Solving and Innovation
- Firm Strategy for Innovation and Creativity
- How Do Leaders Plan for Firm Innovation? Strategic Planning Processes and Constraints
- Creativity and Innovation in the Context of Firms
- Institutional Supports for Innovation
- Unleashing Creative Talent in Organizations – Linking Learning and Creativity through Creative Problem Solving
Michael D. Mumford and E. Michelle Todd
Alexander S. McKay and James C. Kaufman
Michael D. Mumford, E. Michelle Todd, Cory Higgs, and Robert Martin
Mark A. Runco
Adrian Furnham
Logan M. Steele
Samuel T. Hunter, James L. Farr, Rachel L. Heinen and Julian B. Allen
Roni Reiter-Palmon and Paul B. Paulus
Miriam Erez, Alon Lisak and Raveh Harush
Danielle D. Dunne and Kimberly S. Jaussi
Logan L. Watts, Kajal R. Patel, Ethan G. Rothstein, & Alessa N. Natale
Kyriaki Hadjikosta and Tamara Friedrich
Leif Denti and Sven Hemlin
Scott G. Isaksen
Index
