Creativity and Innovation Management
Scope & Guideline
Unleashing Potential: The Art of Creativity in Management
Introduction
Aims and Scopes
- Interdisciplinary approaches to creativity and innovation:
The journal encourages research from various disciplines such as psychology, management, design, and technology, promoting a holistic understanding of creativity and innovation. - Empirical studies on organizational innovation:
Focus on real-world applications of innovation practices within organizations, examining factors that promote or hinder innovative behaviors and outcomes. - Sustainability and social innovation:
Exploration of how innovation can address sustainability challenges and contribute to social change, reflecting the growing importance of these themes in organizational strategies. - Employee-driven innovation:
Investigate the role of employees in the innovation process, including their motivations, behaviors, and the organizational conditions that facilitate or obstruct their contributions. - Open innovation and collaboration:
Research on collaborative innovation practices, emphasizing the importance of external partnerships, crowdsourcing, and knowledge exchange in driving innovation.
Trending and Emerging
- Integration of technology and creativity:
Research exploring the intersection of creativity and advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence and digital platforms, is increasingly prevalent, highlighting the role of technology in enhancing creative processes. - Sustainable innovation practices:
There is a growing emphasis on how innovation can contribute to sustainability, with studies investigating green innovation, circular economy models, and the role of organizations in addressing environmental challenges. - Employee well-being and creativity:
Recent papers focus on the relationship between employee well-being and innovative behaviors, indicating a trend towards understanding how workplace conditions and mental health impact creativity. - Gamification and creativity enhancement:
The use of gamification techniques to foster creativity and innovation in organizations is emerging as a significant theme, reflecting interest in innovative methods for engaging employees in the creative process. - Crowdsourcing and open innovation:
An increasing number of studies are exploring crowdsourcing as a mechanism for innovation, emphasizing the importance of collective intelligence and community engagement in driving creative solutions.
Declining or Waning
- Traditional hierarchical innovation models:
Research focusing solely on top-down innovation processes is less frequently published, as the emphasis shifts towards more participative and inclusive approaches involving all organizational levels. - Innovation solely driven by technology:
Papers that concentrate exclusively on technological advancements without considering human factors or organizational culture are becoming less common, reflecting a broader understanding of innovation as a multifaceted process. - Narrow definitions of creativity:
Studies that define creativity in a limited context, such as artistic creativity alone, are declining as the journal embraces a more expansive view that incorporates diverse perspectives on creativity across various fields.
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