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AOM 2011 Professional Development Workshop "Creativity Research beyond Boundaries: Multi- and Interdisciplinary Approaches"
Resulting from initial discussions at this year's annual meeting of the Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) in Adelaide, Australia with the theme "unforeseeable futures" creativity was perceived as one of the core areas of future inquiry for better preparing organizations for innovation, change and ultimately longevity.
While researchers in different fields agree that employee creativity is a key capability of organizations, especially in times of increasing market velocity and globalization, the linkages of research across levels are still in their infancies. We observe that research has been predominantly carried out on one level and with strong bias towards the individual and group-level. The capability to stimulate, organize and manage creativity on a firm-level however, is the basis of not only established (such as the design industry), but also emergent (such as the video gaming) industries. Moreover, creative potential is recognized within several areas of almost any organization and is expected to increasingly attract research interest in the future. We want to kick-off a discussion looking from a broader and more holistic view to advance creativity research.
Meeting Date and Time: 13th August 16:00-19:00
Primary Sponsor: OB
Organizers: Felix Arndt, University of Lausanne and Darja Carl, University of Groningen
Moderator (Discussion): Xavier Castaner, University of Lausanne
Presenters/Panelists:
Patrick Cohendet, PhD ￜ
Professor of Economics
University Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg and University of Montreal, HEC Montreal
Dr. Daniel Hjort
Professor of Management
Copenhagen Business School
Charalampos Mainemelis, PhD
Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior
ALBA, Graduate Business School
Dr. Bernard A. Nijstad
Professor of Decision Making and Organizational Behavior
University of Groningen, Faculty of Economics and Business
Dr. Christina Shalley
NSF ADVANCE Professor of Management
Georgia Tech, College of Management
Richard Woodman, PhD
Lawrence Fouraker Professor of Management
University of Texas at A&M, Department of Management
This workshop consists of two parts: The first part features presentations of state-of-the-art-research in creativity given by leading scholars in the field; the second part gives the participants the opportunity to actively elaborate on questions, such as "How can we stimulate multidisciplinary creativity research projects?" and "How can we ensure/enable successful publication of results of multidisciplinary creativity research projects?" in small round table workshop sessions in collaboration with the panelists.
Pre-registration (including a short interest statement) is required only for the second part of the workshop (in order to get the access code, please contact Felix Arndt at felix.arndt@unil.ch). To register online, please visit https://secure.aomonline.org/PDWReg. The deadline to register online is August 10, 2011. Please register early as we have capped registration at 25.ￜ There are no fees for the workshop.
Questions about the workshop can be directed to Felix Arndt (felix.arndt@unil.ch ).