The Radicalness of Employee Ideas: An Interactive Model of Co-Worker Networks and Problem-Solving Styles
Cummings, Anne
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Description
Title
The Radicalness of Employee Ideas: An Interactive Model of Co-Worker Networks and Problem-Solving Styles
Author(s)
Cummings, Anne
Issue Date
1997
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Oldham, Greg R.
Department of Study
Business Administration
Discipline
Business Administration
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Sociology, Social Structure and Development
Language
eng
Abstract
Conclusions of the study are limited by modest convergence among the two measures of radicalness, and by different network positions sharing significant amounts of variance. Yet the study clearly demonstrates that employee social structure is related to the initiation of organizational innovations, and that properties other than amount (i.e., the variation and availability) of social interaction are important. Results also suggest that research addressing what motivates employee creativity should consider a variety of psychological explanations (e.g., stimulation, self-determination, intrinsic motivation).
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