Creativity and Innovation in Organizations SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series

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.

Series Foreword

List of Contributors

1. Creativity and Innovation at Work

Michael D. Mumford and E. Michelle Todd

2. The Assessment of Creative and Innovative Performance

Alexander S. McKay and James C. Kaufman

3. What is Needed to Think Creatively at Work? Knowledge and Skills

Michael D. Mumford, E. Michelle Todd, Cory Higgs, and Robert Martin

4. The Abilities that Contribute to Creativity and Innovation at Work

Mark A. Runco

5. Personality and Creativity at Work

Adrian Furnham

6. Temporal Dynamics of Creativity and Motivation: What We Know, What We don’t, and a Few Suggestions for Filling the Gap

Logan M. Steele

7. Integrating Creative Climate and Creative Problem Solving

Samuel T. Hunter, James L. Farr, Rachel L. Heinen and Julian B. Allen

8. Cognitive and Social Processes in Team Creativity

Roni Reiter-Palmon and Paul B. Paulus

9. The Leadership Role in Creative Problem Solving and Innovation

Miriam Erez, Alon Lisak and Raveh Harush

10. Firm Strategy for Innovation and Creativity

Danielle D. Dunne and Kimberly S. Jaussi

11. How Do Leaders Plan for Firm Innovation? Strategic Planning Processes and Constraints

Logan L. Watts, Kajal R. Patel, Ethan G. Rothstein, & Alessa N. Natale

12. Creativity and Innovation in the Context of Firms

Kyriaki Hadjikosta and Tamara Friedrich

13. Institutional Supports for Innovation

Leif Denti and Sven Hemlin

14. Unleashing Creative Talent in Organizations – Linking Learning and Creativity through Creative Problem Solving

Scott G. Isaksen

Index

Michael D. Mumford is the George Lynn Cross Distinguished Research Professor and Director of the Center for Applied Social Research at the University of Oklahoma. Mumford is a recipient of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology’s M. Scott Myers Award for Applied Research in the Workforce and the Academy of Management’s Eminent Leadership Scholar Award, as well as the Society for Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts Anaheim Award for Lifetime Contributions.

E. Michelle Todd received her doctoral degree in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, as well as a minor in Quantitative Psychology, from the University of Oklahoma. She has published research papers in multiple professional journals, including The Leadership Quarterly, The Creativity Research Journal, and Accountability in Research, and she has contributed book chapters on leadership, creativity, and ethics. In addition to academic work, she has worked in a variety of applied settings, including government agencies, tech start-ups, and nonprofit organizations.