The Power to be Creative: Unveiling the Influence of Power on Creativity Within Open Innovation Environments
(2024) BUSN49 20241Department of Business Administration
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Title: The Power to be Creative - Unveiling the Influence of Power on Creativity Within Open Innovation Environments
Authors: Savana Alves Pires and Arianna Isabelle Ragonese
Purpose: This thesis aimed to explore the impact of power on creativity within an open innovation environment.
Methodology: We employed a qualitative study utilizing the interpretivist tradition while using an abductive approach, incorporating the Kalaudioscope Project as the single case for our study. We collected our data through twelve interviews over Zoom with Kalaudioscope members over March and April 2024 as the basis of our analysis.
Theoretical Framework: Our definition of creativity is based on Barron and Harrington's (1981) definition, in which... (More) - Title: The Power to be Creative - Unveiling the Influence of Power on Creativity Within Open Innovation Environments
Authors: Savana Alves Pires and Arianna Isabelle Ragonese
Purpose: This thesis aimed to explore the impact of power on creativity within an open innovation environment.
Methodology: We employed a qualitative study utilizing the interpretivist tradition while using an abductive approach, incorporating the Kalaudioscope Project as the single case for our study. We collected our data through twelve interviews over Zoom with Kalaudioscope members over March and April 2024 as the basis of our analysis.
Theoretical Framework: Our definition of creativity is based on Barron and Harrington's (1981) definition, in which creativity is seen as the generation of novel and useful ideas. We focused on uncovering what factors enabled creativity to flourish within an open innovation environment, and our research evolved into the topic of power. We studied power by using the definition of power as power to, which is based on the works of Flemming and Spicer (2007), Hardy (1996), and Clegg (2009). We were able to analyze how power impacts creativity within open innovation environments, specifically focusing on power via resources to achieve creative outcomes.
Conclusion: We sought to explore which aspects allowed creativity to flourish within open innovation environments and found power to have a critical influence on creative individuals or groups within open innovation environments. Our study found that, specifically, the power to achieve an outcome through resources, defined as the power via resources (mandates, money, expertise, or relations), was critical in the enablement of creativity when present but could hinder creativity when power was too limited. (Less)
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- Alves Pires, Savana LU and Ragonese, Arianna Isabelle LU
- supervisor
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- John Murray LU
- organization
- course
- BUSN49 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Creativity, Power, Power via Resources, Open Innovation Environments, Living Labs
- language
- English
- id
- 9155436
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- 2024-06-10 14:35:55
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Authors: Savana Alves Pires and Arianna Isabelle Ragonese
Purpose: This thesis aimed to explore the impact of power on creativity within an open innovation environment.
Methodology: We employed a qualitative study utilizing the interpretivist tradition while using an abductive approach, incorporating the Kalaudioscope Project as the single case for our study. We collected our data through twelve interviews over Zoom with Kalaudioscope members over March and April 2024 as the basis of our analysis.
Theoretical Framework: Our definition of creativity is based on Barron and Harrington's (1981) definition, in which creativity is seen as the generation of novel and useful ideas. We focused on uncovering what factors enabled creativity to flourish within an open innovation environment, and our research evolved into the topic of power. We studied power by using the definition of power as power to, which is based on the works of Flemming and Spicer (2007), Hardy (1996), and Clegg (2009). We were able to analyze how power impacts creativity within open innovation environments, specifically focusing on power via resources to achieve creative outcomes.
Conclusion: We sought to explore which aspects allowed creativity to flourish within open innovation environments and found power to have a critical influence on creative individuals or groups within open innovation environments. Our study found that, specifically, the power to achieve an outcome through resources, defined as the power via resources (mandates, money, expertise, or relations), was critical in the enablement of creativity when present but could hinder creativity when power was too limited.}},
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