Creativity, innovation and culture : the role of the individual in the innovation process

David R. Low; Ross L. Chapman; Amrik Sohal; Richard Cooney

Creativity, innovation and culture : the role of the individual in the innovation process

David R. Low
, Ross L. Chapman
, Amrik Sohal
, Richard Cooney

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Abstract

This paper begins by reviewing both the innovation process and the underlying individual act of creativity and considers the influence individual experience and background has on these processes. The paper then considers two case studies to illustrate how culture may cause divergence in the way in which innovation is approached and problems solved. Finally, this paper uses the four cultural theme framework first proposed in Low and Chapman (2003) as a basis for presenting research propositions to investigate how a firm's innovation processes could be structured to take advantage of differences in the impact of individual action on creativity and innovation due to organisational and national culture variations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Applications and Synthesis in the Global Economy: Proceedings of the 7th International Research Conference on Quality, Innovation and Knowledge Management, 16-18 February, 2005, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Publisher	Monash University
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	0732622778
Publication status	Published - 2005
Event	International Research Conference on Quality, Innovation and Knowledge Management - Duration: 12 Feb 2007 → …

Conference

Conference	International Research Conference on Quality, Innovation and Knowledge Management
Period	12/02/07 → …

Keywords

business enterprises
technological innovations
problem solving
employees
creative ability in business
multiculturalism

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Low, D. R., Chapman, R. L., Sohal, A., & Cooney, R. (2005). Creativity, innovation and culture : the role of the individual in the innovation process. In Applications and Synthesis in the Global Economy: Proceedings of the 7th International Research Conference on Quality, Innovation and Knowledge Management, 16-18 February, 2005, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Monash University.

Low, David R. ; Chapman, Ross L. ; Sohal, Amrik et al. / Creativity, innovation and culture : the role of the individual in the innovation process. Applications and Synthesis in the Global Economy: Proceedings of the 7th International Research Conference on Quality, Innovation and Knowledge Management, 16-18 February, 2005, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Monash University, 2005.

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Low, DR, Chapman, RL, Sohal, A & Cooney, R 2005, Creativity, innovation and culture : the role of the individual in the innovation process. in Applications and Synthesis in the Global Economy: Proceedings of the 7th International Research Conference on Quality, Innovation and Knowledge Management, 16-18 February, 2005, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Monash University, International Research Conference on Quality, Innovation and Knowledge Management, 12/02/07.

Creativity, innovation and culture : the role of the individual in the innovation process. / Low, David R.; Chapman, Ross L.; Sohal, Amrik et al.
Applications and Synthesis in the Global Economy: Proceedings of the 7th International Research Conference on Quality, Innovation and Knowledge Management, 16-18 February, 2005, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Monash University, 2005.

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