Sub-theme 39: The Power of Creativity

Convenors:
Jill Perry-Smith, Goizueta Business School, Emory University, Atlanta, USA
Barbara Imperatori, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy
Rita Bissola, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy
Session I: Thursday, July 07, 11:00 to 12:30, C5
Organizational Creativity
Chair: Jill Perry-Smith, Barbara Imperatori & Rita Bissola
Guy Parmentier and Bérangère L. Szostak
How to build the creative capabilities of an organization
Stefano Cirella
Developing collective creativity in organizations
Claire Beaume-Brizzi, Guillaume Flamand and Margot Leclair
'Copy then taste': On why managing creativity within organisations might mean putting imitation before inspiration
Sara Lombardi, Luca Giustiniano and Vincenzo Cavaliere
Knowledge sharing, cui prodest? Organizational creativity
Session II: Thursday, July 07, 14:00 to 15:30, C5
Cognition, Networks and Creativity
Chair: Jill Perry-Smith
Claudio Biscaro and Fabrizio Montanari
To be or to think of being. A cognitive view of creative networks
Niall Connolly and Eleanor O'Higgins
The influence of diversity of cognitive style on creative performance
Goran Galic, Sebastien Hélie and Elaine Mosakowski
Breakthroughs, one small idea at a time: The importance of search breadth, sightedness, and idea elaboration in the creative process
Shenghui Wang, Dirk Deichmann, Julie M. Birkholz, Christine Moser, Adina Nerghes and Peter Groenewegen
Ideas with impact: How centrality in a content network shapes idea diffusion
Session III: Thursday, July 07, 16:00 to 17:30, C5
Cross-cultural Issues in Creativity
Chair: Barbara Imperatori
Volker Stein and Christoph Barmeyer
Enhancing the concept of intercultural creativity: A scale formation approach
Céline Flipo and Pier Vittorio Mannucci
Are you a top chef? Assessing creativity in different cultures
Gamze Koseoglu, Christina E. Shalley and Lucy Gilson
Harnessing the power of multiculturalism for team creativity
Session IV: Friday, July 08, 09:00 to 10:30, C5
Diversity and More in Creativity
Chair: Rita Bissola
Sun Young (Sunny) Kim
The creative benefits of valuing our differences
Nora Madjar
The power of international work experiences for creativity
Lisa Whitelaw and Lucia Garcia-Lorenzo
The everyday life of innovation: How intrapreneurs develop and implement transformational ideas at a technology organization
Fatima El Yousfi, Paola Ossola, Daniele Grechi and Alessandro Patrizi
The power of creativity in dementia caregivers' daily actions
Session V: Friday, July 08, 14:00 to 15:30, C5
Knowledge Sharing and Institutional Pressure in Creativity
Chair: Barbara Imperatori
Marc Stierand, Charalampos (Babis) Mainemelis, Viktor Dörfler and Eugene Sadler-Smith
The role of aesthetic knowledge in the creative process of expert chefs
Ludovica Leone and Antonio Paco Giuliani
Creativity and social dynamics in field-configuring events: Festa a Vico as the invisible college of Italian chefs on the Sorrento Coast
Isabelle Bouty and Marie-Léandre Gomez
Creativeyet highly structured: A Bourdieusian perspective on Haute Cuisine
Emuna Eliav, Ella Miron-Spektor and Julia Bear
The power of humor: Why and when humor enhances or hinders creativity in the workplace
Session VI: Saturday, July 09, 09:00 to 10:30, C5
Team Creativity
Chair: Rita Bissola
Massimo Magni, Pamela Palmi and Severino Salvemini
Team climate, individual attitudes and individual improvisation: A study on artistic collective teams
Johnathan R. Cromwell and Heidi Gardner
High-stakes legal innovation: When more knowledge undermines innovation in teams
Autcharaporn Somsing and Nassim Belbaly
How could knowledge sharing explain virtual team creativity?
Session VII: Saturday, July 09, 11:00 to 12:30, C5
Leadership in Creativity
Chair: Jill Perry-Smith
Francesca Mochi, Rita Bissola and Barbara Imperatori
Leadership styles and creativity: Is the bad leadership really bad?
Aleksandra Klein and Gerhard Speckbacher
Balancing empowerment and control: The combined roles of team leadership and performance evaluations in creative teams
Siri Boe-Lillegraven, Fanshuang Kong and Jiwen Song
Exploring idea sharing in Chinese firms: The role of hierarchy and pre-filtering routines