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Stephan Schaefer . Photo

Stephan Schaefer

Senior lecturer

Stephan Schaefer . Photo

'Be Creative!' : Control, Demand, Hypocrisy, and the Management of Creativity

Author

  • Vijayta Doshi
  • Stephan Schaefer

Summary, in English

Our paper challenges the “romantic” notion of creativity being good and liberating. Interpreting the empirical evidences from two organizations, based in India and Sweden, respectively, it presents how creativity and creative process are strangling because they are controlled and demanded in organizations. In doing so, we put forth the idea of hypocritical creativity in organizations. Our study highlights the shortcomings of the dominant perspective on creativity and suggests the need for further empirical studies that examine creativity critically in different contexts.

Department/s

  • Department of Business Administration

Publishing year

2016

Language

English

Publication/Series

Academy of Management Proceedings

Volume

2016

Issue

1

Document type

Conference paper: abstract

Publisher

Academy of Management

Topic

  • Business Administration

Keywords

  • control
  • creativity
  • demand

Conference name

Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2016

Conference date

2016-08-05 - 2016-08-09

Conference place

Anaheim, United States

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0065-0668