Directions For Furture Research and theories(c&i)

Question 1

Which directions of future research are there?

Answer 1

1. Need for theorizing and theory-driven data
2. Organizing culture and facet specific climates for creativity and innovation
3. Innovation process research
4. Redress creativity and innovation maximization fallacy
5. Leadership style in the creativity-innovation cycle

Question 2

Need for Theorizing and theory-driven data

Answer 2

Lack of theoretical advances across the creativity and innovation literatures in the past decade
Relatively few theoretical proposition articles in the last years

Question 3

Organizing culture and facet specific climates for creativity and innovation

Answer 3

Linkages between organization culture and climate are rather unexplored
How culture and climate act as predictors of inhibitors of innovation within organizations

Question 4

Innovation process research

Answer 4

Understanding of innovation processes has not moved forward significantly in recent years
Research should examine the effects of changes in key variables over time

Question 5

Redress creativity and innovation maximization fallacy

Answer 5

Future research should redress the proinnovation bias and debunk the myth that all innovation is good and more creativity and innovation is better for organizational performance

Question 6

Leadership style in the creativity-innovation cycle

Answer 6

Limited research in the importance of leadership style

Future research should address effects of leadership style upon creativity and innovation

Question 7

Componential theory of organizational creativity and innovation

Answer 7

Work environments have an impact on creativity by affecting components that contribute to creativity
3 major components contribute individual creativity: expertise, creative thinking, and intrinsic motivation
major components contribute wider work environment: organizational motivation to innovate, resources, managerial practices, challenging work & supervisory encouragement

Question 8

Interactionist perspective of organizational creativity

Answer 8

Creativity is a complex interaction between the individual and his or her work situation 
Creativity is a consequence of 
Individual creativity 
Team creativity
Organizational creativity

Question 9

Model of individual creative action

Answer 9

Decision between being creative or undertake merely routine, habitual actions
3 factors influence this decision: sensemaking processes, motivation, knowledge and skill —> if one is lacking one would not engage in creative action

Question 10

Theorizing on cultural differences and creativity

Answer 10

Culture influences the entire process of creativity
East: organizational control encourages intrinsic team motivation
West: organizational control acts as an inhibitor of intrinsic motivation and thus creativity

Question 11

Four-factor theory of team climate for innovation

Answer 11

Four factors enhance innovation
1 vision (understandable, valued& accepted)
2 team perceives it can propose new ideas and solutions without judgement
3 stimulating debate and discussion of different possible solutions
4 team members perceives support for innovation

Question 12

Ambidexterity theory

Answer 12

Ambidexterity=‚ability of a complex and adaptive system to manage and conflicting demands by engaging in fundamentally different activities‘
Distinguish between active management and self-regulatory processes
Management of both exploration (creating new products) and exploitation (production and implementation of products)