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Organizational Culture’s Influence on Creativity and Innovation: A Review of the Literature and Implications for Human Resource Development:

Laird D. McLean
- 01 May 2005 - 
- Vol. 7, Iss: 2, pp 226-246
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The majority of the literature on creativity has focused on the individual, yet the social environment can influence both the level and frequency of creative behavior as discussed by the authors, and this article reviews the lite literature.
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The majority of the literature on creativity has focused on the individual, yet the social environment can influence both the level and frequency of creative behavior. This article reviews the lite...

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Organizational Culture and Leadership

TL;DR: A review of the book "Organizational Culture and Leadership" by Edgar H. Schein is given in this article, where the authors present a review of their approach to organizational culture and leadership.
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Organizational Culture and Leadership

TL;DR: In this article, the author analyzes the maturing research in the field of organization studies - the available ethnographic methods, participant observation, qualitative research, and clinical research, concluding that culture functions to solve an organization's basic problems of surviving in the external environment and integrating its internal processes to ensure its continued survival.
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Clusters and the new economics of competition.

TL;DR: Economic geography in an era of global competition poses a paradox: in theory, location should no longer be a source of competitive advantage, but in practice, Michael Porter demonstrates, location remains central to competition.
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Assessing the Work Environment for Creativity

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the development and validation of a new instrument, KEYS: Assessing the Climate for Creativity, designed to assess perceived stimulants and obstacles to creativity in organizational work environments.
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