scholarly journals The main approaches to the study of creativity and innovation in the organizational context

HUMANITARIUM ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-122
Author(s):  
Olha Lomak
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Climate ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Organizational Context ◽  
Corporate Entrepreneurship ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Creative Behavior ◽  
Organizational Creativity ◽  
Product Service ◽  
Creativity And Innovation

The article analyzes the problem of studying the creativity and innovation of employees. The main approaches to defining the concepts of creativity and innovation are highlighted. The interconnectedness of these concepts through novelty as a common feature of innovation and creativity is substantiated. The key difference between creativity and innovation is identified, which is that the latter requires implementation, adoption, and dissemination. The idea also have to be relevant, useful, and effective to be considered innovative in the organizational context. Approaches to the study of creativity and innovation at 3 levels: micro (individual), meso (team), and macro (organizational) are described. The typical focus of individual level of analysis of creativity and innovation are determined: motivation, personality traits, purposefulness, self- concept, cognitive style, creative behavior. Research at the team level focuses on the analysis of team structure and composition, team climate, team processes, and leadership style. At the organizational level, attributes such as knowledge and networks, organizational structure and strategy, organization size, culture, organizational climate, environment, dissemination of innovation, and corporate entrepreneurship are analyzed. Organizational creativity is defined as the creation of a valuable, useful, new product, service, idea, or process by individuals working together in a complex social system. The relationship between manifestaion of creativity and innovation at different levels is highlighted. Taking into account the complexity of these concepts, the need for further empirical research on creativity and innovation in relation to a set of external factors is justified.

The Opportunities and Challenges of Technology Driven Creative Collaborations

2011 ◽  
pp. 325-342
Author(s):  
Diego E. Uribe Larach ◽  
John F. Cabra
Keyword(s):  
Business Education ◽  
Digital Communication ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Organizational Life ◽  
Creative Behavior ◽  
Organizational Creativity ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Human Endeavor ◽  
Education Science ◽  
Creativity And Innovation

The onset of the 21st century is marked by deep psychological and sociological transformations affecting every scale of human endeavor, ranging from individual to crowd behavior. Deep and central to these transformations is the penetration of digital communication and computer technology into modern day life. Above all, this new and evolving technological landscape has opened exciting new possibilities to drive creative behavior, organizational creativity and innovation through computer-mediated interactions. Such opportunities are met with equal challenges that need to be addressed in order to harness the full potential of massively distributed creative collaborations. This chapter will elaborate on the underlying trends that give rise to these opportunities and challenges and to what extent these trends will govern creativity and innovation in areas of organizational life such as business, education, science and design in the next 10 to 30 years.

Transformation leadership and creativity

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 1082-1099 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaithen Abdullah Al Harbi ◽  
Saud Alarifi ◽  
Aissa Mosbah
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Organizational Innovation ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Significant Positive Relationship ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine empirically the effect of transformational leadership on followers’ inventiveness and organizational innovation. It studies transformational leadership and innovation at the organizational level and creativity at the individual level. Design/methodology/approach A theoretical model was created, which entailed the development of variables and hypotheses. A survey instrument was used to obtain data, through a self-completion questionnaire. The final sample was made up of 503 individuals, recruited using a random sampling technique. Findings The results showed that transformational leadership has a significant positive relationship with both followers’ creativity and organizational innovation. Furthermore, a significant positive relationship was found between followers’ creativity and organizational innovation. In addition, the relationship between transformational leadership and followers’ creativity, through the mediating role of employees’ psychological empowerment, support for innovation, workplace relationships and employee learning, was also found to be both positive and significant. However, the data showed that intrinsic motivation does not significantly affect the relationship between transformational leadership and creativity. Practical implications The study provides guidance to organizations that need to change their leadership style and approach, as well as their innovation and creativity mechanisms, at a strategic level. The resulting guidance provides organizations with insight into how they can improve the creativity of their employees through motivating, supporting and inspiring them. Originality/value This study is an attempt to illustrate the extent to which transformational leadership can affect organizational innovation in Saudi Arabia, specifically in the public sector, and to explore how employees’ creativity can be improved. This research is beneficial for academics, organizations and policy makers, especially in the Gulf countries.

Developing Strategic Leadership in the Indian Context

2018 ◽  
pp. 224-235
Author(s):  
Minisha Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Style ◽  
Strategic Leadership ◽  
Positive Wave ◽  
Organizational Creativity ◽  
Competitive Edge ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Strategic Leaders ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Creativity And Innovation

With intense competition, it has become quite challenging for organizations to continuously create and innovate. Since leadership has been identified as an effective key factor in attaining sustainable competitive edge, there remains a lack of research to assess the role of leadership most likely to cause creativity and innovation. This chapter tries to conceptualize the impact of developing strategic leadership in Indian organizations. This has a significant impact on organizational creativity and innovation. Firms facing recession need to develop their leaders as strategic leaders who can generate a positive wave in the organization, provide direction to employees, generate genuine interest among employees to learn and grow. Strategic leaders develop commitment among employees by providing a vision and goal to them. They think strategically and frame policies as per employees' needs and expectations. This study demonstrates the impact of strategic leadership style to generate creativity and innovation among their subordinates.

scholarly journals Moral or Dirty Leadership: A Qualitative Study on How Juniors Are Managed in Dutch Consultancies

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 2506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Onno Bouwmeester ◽  
Tessa Kok
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Style ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Moral Leadership ◽  
Professional Service ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Service Firms ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Individual Level

Professional service firms in Western Europe have a reputation for putting huge pressures on their junior employees, resulting in very long work hours, and as a consequence health risks. This study explores moral leadership as a possible response to the stigma of such dirty leadership. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 12 consultant managers and with each one of their juniors, and found that managers put several pressures on their juniors; these pressures bring high levels of stress, lowered wellbeing and burnout. Society considers such a pressuring leadership style morally dirty. To counteract the experience of being seen as morally dirty, we found that consultant managers were normalizing such criticisms as commonly assumed in dirty work literature. However, they also employed several moral leadership tactics to counteract the negative consequences criticized in society. However, in addition to the well-known individual-level tactics, consultant managers and their juniors also reported moral leadership support at the organizational level, like institutionalized performance talks after every project, trainings, specific criteria for hiring juniors, and policies to recognize and compliment high performance. Still, we cannot conclude these moral leadership approaches are moral by definition. They can be used in an instrumental way as well, to further push performance.

scholarly journals Corporate entrepreneurship: state, organizational design, problems and development prospects

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
pp. 131-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larisa Ligonenko ◽  
◽  
Vlada Mysyliuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Climate ◽  
Organizational Design ◽  
Organizational Context ◽  
Process Development ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Corporate Entrepreneurship ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Distribution Models ◽  
Organizational Conditions ◽  
Design Practices

The article is devoted to the exploration of relevant issues of the development of corporate entrepreneurship organizational design in Ukrainian organizations. The implementation of corporate entrepreneurship organizational design provides acceleration of internal innovation process, increase of its effectiveness, identification and intensification of new opportunities for growth and creation of new businesses. The implementation of structures, definition of their functions, and description of the processes and formal relationships, which may encourage potential corporate entrepreneurs to generate and commercialize internal innovative initiatives, are becoming extremely relevant for Ukrainian business environment. A research map and questionnaire were developed in order to conduct the empirical investigation of existing design practices for corporate entrepreneurship in Ukrainian organizations, and a survey was compiled through questionnaires with the use of Google forms. The results of the research revealed that Ukrainian organizations implement structures, processes, systems and norms, which stimulate corporate entrepreneurs, and initiate internal innovative projects. At the same time, design practices for corporate entrepreneurship in Ukrainian organizations are characterized by a lack of integrity. This blocks quick development of innovations by internal venturing teams and their transformation into a value for business. Potential corporate entrepreneurs often leave the organization to start their own businesses because of the absence of internal organizational conditions for realizing their innovative ideas. The consequence of this situation is the emergence of a powerful ambitious competitor, thus, the strategic competitive position of the organization may suffer. The practical value of the research is to obtain empirical data about the state of implementation of the corporate entrepreneurship system in Ukrainian organizations and explore the parameters of its organizational design, such as: quality of internal organizational climate and human resources for the implementation of the corporate entrepreneurship process, development and implementation of corporate entrepreneurship programs, mechanisms for financing internal entrepreneurial initiatives of employees, legal support of corporate entrepreneurship, incentives and rewards for internal entrepreneurial behavior, and information distribution models and organizational forms of corporate entrepreneurship. The research results can serve as an information base for the formulation of recommendations for implementation of integral and effective organizational design aimed at retention and development of corporate entrepreneurs, and realization of their internal entrepreneurial initiatives in organizational context.

scholarly journals Multi-level Approach to the “Social Marketing” Context for Innovation: Impact on Organizational Relationships

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Szczepanska-Woszczyna ◽  
Mohammed Nadeem
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Context ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Organizational Relationships ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Social ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
The Individual

<p>The aim of the article is to explore the social aspects of innovation at three levels of research: individual, group, and organization. A multi-level approach enhances the understanding of how organizational context shapes and is shaped by the actions and perceptions of individuals. It may provide more precise research findings and more rigorous theory testing by clarifying the level of analysis. A resource-based approach and adaptation theories are used in relation to the organizational level, while at the individual level, psychological theories are applied. We propose a theoretical approach which could link creativity and competencies at the individual level, managerial / leader action and organizational culture with innovation to marketing innovation as a process and outcome of organizational level. The earlier studies used the approach that focused attention on the innovation process and innovation outcomes rather than on developing the ability to take specific innovative action and focused research on the selected level of innovation process management. It is therefore necessary to take into account the complexity of the research subject and include the actual problems resulting from the needs of multi-level innovation management and respect for the diversity of its conditions in the research.</p>

Customer pressure and restaurant employee green creative behavior: serial mediation effects of restaurant ethical standards and employee green passion

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Meehee Cho ◽  
Joanne Jung-Eun Yoo
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Customer Expectations ◽  
Creative Behavior ◽  
Positive Direct

Purpose Today’s consumers are aware of restaurants’ effects on the environment and pressure them to implement green practices. As restaurant success largely depends on how employees meet customer expectations, employee green creative behavior (EGCB) is critical. Therefore, this study aims to investigate how to enhance EGCB by integrating a comprehensive set of three-dimensional components: external, organizational and individual factors. Design/methodology/approach Data analysis was conducted using responses from full-time employees in the US restaurant industry. The PROCESS macro was used to test the direct and indirect relationships between the study variables. A series of mediation analyzes were conducted to investigate the mediation effects of “restaurant ethical standards” and “employee green passion” on their relationships to “customer pressure” and EGCB. Findings The results verified a direct effect of “customer pressure” on “restaurant ethical standards” and EGCB. The study also demonstrated positive direct relationships of “restaurant ethical standards” – “employee green passion” and “employee green passion” – EGCB. The result showed that “restaurant ethical standards” and “employee green passion” sequentially explained the partial impact of “customer pressure” on EGCB. Practical implications The study recommends that restaurant managers acknowledge growing customer environmentalism and prepare to address their customers’ stricter green requirements. Restaurants need to review their ethical standards on a regular basis to meet rising customer pressure. The study also offers empirical evidence regarding the importance of selecting employees who are passionate about sustainability and empowering them to encourage their green creative behavior. Originality/value Although past studies have introduced various determinants of employee creative behavior, they have mainly focused on organizational and individual-level factors but have ignored a critical external factor, which is customer pressure. The study addresses this research gap by investigating the interrelationships between customer pressure and EGCB through restaurant ethical standards (organizational-level) and employee green passion (individual-level).

scholarly journals Cultivation of Intrapreneurship: A Framework and Challenges

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lan-Ying Huang ◽  
Shu-Min Yang Lin ◽  
Ying-Jiun Hsieh
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Career Planning ◽  
Corporate Entrepreneurship ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Past ◽  
Future Research Agenda ◽  
Research Gap

Intrapreneurship has drawn research attention over the past decades considering its crucial role in innovation, organizational performance, and employee career planning. Intrapreneurial research based on various concepts also emerges. In spite of the increasing concern in the field, contributions in the field are fragmented. Particularly, intrapreneurship research is still lacking an integrated framework based on which, enablers and important facilitating mechanisms can be identified to enhance intrapreneurship. To close the above research gap, the study develops a holistic intrapreneurial framework. Specifically, the study first examines intrapreneurship in relation to other prominent concepts (i.e., innovation, entrepreneurship, and sustainability). This study then identifies enablers of intrapreneurship at both individual and organizational level. Notably, extant research largely examines intrapreneurship either at the organizational or individual level, and concentrates in corporate entrepreneurship or individual intrapreneurial employees. Research providing a holistic perspective on enablers for intrapreneurship is rare. The study further integrates these intrapreneurial enablers with facilitating mechanisms and proposes a framework of intrapreneurship. The framework makes it possible to clearly identify pivotal antecedents to intrapreneurship based on various theoretical lenses and analytical levels applied. Finally, the study addresses a list of managerial and technological challenges arising from the above framework and suggests future research agenda.

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