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We would like to invite you to join us for AOM symposium (#1247) titled "Dealing With Competing Paradoxical Demands in Search of Co-existence."
This symposium aims to reposition innovation and creativity in the Academy and encourage scholars to think more critically about how to integrate conflicting views and consider a much broader set of managerial implications. We are bringing together a group of top-notch scholars who explicitly focus on studying innovation, creativity, and errors, and exploring how organizations can mindfully balance all related issues in the face of various conditions. With this range of studies, including both theoretical and empirical work, covering several different levels of analysis (e.g., individual- level, team- level), across various study contexts (e.g., undergraduate students, Chinese employees), and using different research methodologies (e.g., lab experiments, multi-sourced, longitudinal surveys), we offer more insights on turning competing tensions into the co-existence of seemingly competing demands in organizations.
Please find the specific session information below. We look forward to seeing you in Vancouver!
Program Session #: 1247
Sponsor(s): OB, TIM
Scheduled: Monday, Aug 10 2015 1:15PM - 2:45PM
Location: Hyatt Regency Vancouver in Georgia A
Organizer: Miriam Erez; Technion Israel Institute of Technology;
Organizer: Zhike Lei; ESMT European School of Management and Technology;
Organizer: Eitan Naveh; Technion Israel Institute of Technology;
Organizer: Zhanna Novikov; Technion - Israel Institute of Technology;
Discussant: Michael Frese; National U. of Singapore;
Discussant: Gudela Grote; ETH Zurich;
Abstract: The increasing complexity, dynamism, and interconnectedness of contemporary business environments demand that organizations cope with simultaneously contradicting requirements and paradoxical tensions. However, paradoxical tensions are complex and challenging. To date, we still lack a clear understanding of what and how would help organizations and their members respond to simultaneous contradicting requirements and paradoxical tensions. Therefore, this symposium aims to reposition innovation and creativity in the Academy and encourage scholars to think more critically about how to integrate conflicting views and consider a much broader set of managerial implications. We believe that by building on the latest research and redefining and disentangling the paradoxical relationships between errors and innovation, between creative solutions and their implementation, and between tensional leadership behaviors in handling individual creativity, a more comprehensive view on this critical topic of creativity and innovation will emerge. We are bringing together faculty who explicitly focus on studying innovation and creativity as well as faculty who focus their investigations on errors, looking at how organizations can mindfully balance all related issues in the face of various conditions. With this range of studies, including both theoretical and empirical work, covering several different levels of analysis (e.g., individual- level, team- level), across various study contexts (e.g., undergraduate students, Chinese employees), and using different research methodologies (e.g., lab experiments, multi-sourced, longitudinal surveys), we offer more insights on turning competing tensions into the co-existence of seemingly competing demands in organizations.
Creative Person's Dilemma: Tradeoffs of Being Seen as Open versus Effective at Implementation
Presenter: Jennifer Mueller; U. of San Diego;
Presenter: Ethan Burris; The U. of Texas at Austin;
Presenter: Dishan Kamdar; Indian School of Business;
Playful Leaders: Walking the Rope between Creative Deviance and Conformity
Presenter: Ronit Kark; Bar Ilan U.;
Presenter: Babis Mainemelis; ALBA Graduate Business School;
Presenter: Bilian Lin; The Chinese U. of Hong Kong;
Attention shifting as a coping strategy with the paradox of innovation
Presenter: Miriam Erez; Technion Israel Institute of Technology;
Presenter: Dana Gershon-Gamliel; Technion - Israel Institute of Technology;
Presenter: Naomi Bitterman; Technion - Israel Institute of Technology;
An Integrative Review of Errors in Organizations: Tensions and New Directions for Future Research
Presenter: Zhike Lei; ESMT European School of Management and Technology;
Presenter: Zhanna Novikov; Technion - Israel Institute of Technology;
Presenter: Eitan Naveh; Technion Israel Institute of Technology;
Prof. Zhike Lei, PhD
Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior
ESMT European School of Management and Technology
Schlossplatz 1
10178 Berlin, Germany
Office: +49 (0) 30 21231-1521
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ESMT European School of Management and Technology GmbH: Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats (Chairman of the Supervisory Board): Prof. Dr. Clemens Börsig
Geschäftsführung (Managing Directors): Prof. Jörg Rocholl, PhD (President), Georg Garlichs (CFO)
Sitz der Gesellschaft (Registered Office): Berlin
Registergericht (Register Court): Berlin Charlottenburg, HRB 87005