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issues creatively. Creativity is best defined as the degree to which an employee demonstrates new ideas or applications for … exercises suggested by psychologists. New developments in developing creativity that have become popular in recent years include … reward‐for‐creativity programme in organizations. It is equally important to implement the proposed solution to determine its …
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intrinsic motivation was associated with improved creativity, while offering contingent, extrinsic rewards were not. Thus, the … work history and creativity outcomes, with particular attention focused on defining creativity in the business context (i ….e. applied creativity) rather than in more artistic settings (i.e. pure creativity).  …
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creativity and polychronic preferences are positively related, demands for polychronic behavior appear to be defeating – and … the mind. The paper proposes, in part, that among creative workers, individual creativity is more related to …
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objectively assessed IWO criteria, namely, managerial level, intelligence, and creativity. Design/methodology/approach – In total … measure of creativity, and a measure of the Big Five personality traits in an assessment centre. The data were analyzed using …
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employees' absorption in work tasks, and subsequently creativity. Design/methodology/approach – The study involved a weekly … survey for four consecutive weeks to report on their levels of task absorption and creativity. Findings – Whereas supervisors …‐shaped action pacing styles. Moreover, task absorption fluctuated consistently with individual creativity. Research limitations …
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There is a dearth of published research on the assessment of idea generation techniques. Helps to rectify this and examines idea generation techniques within the new product development process by an in‐depth study of the measuring, checking and precision instruments industry (SIC 3710). Data...
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“ Praxis ” is the stated goal of Radical Humanist scholarship. But, this has been a goal without realization, and without method. To our knowledge there is no record of the realization of this goal in a management context. This paper reports our effort to develop a method to achieve praxis...
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inner and outer event. Insofar as creativity is dependent upon chance for novelty, then creativity and synchronicity may … have a supportive relationship. This paper uses narrative to explore the role of paradox in meaning, in chance, and in … creativity. The nature of synchronicity, the relationship between synchronicity and creativity, and the implications of this …
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Organizational studies have been deeply influenced by three separate streams of research: the soft sciences; the hard sciences; and economics. This paper makes a case for an interdisciplinary approach, one that includes not only the social and physical and life sciences, but also methodologies...
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past experience has been blamed for a variety of problems associated with individual and organizational creativity and … creativity and change.  …
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