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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Adaption-Innovation Theory"”.
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Examining Relationships Between Problem-Solving Style and the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ): Leveraging Adaption-Innovation Theory to Support Autistic Adults in the Workplace
… problem-solving style, as measured by Kirton’s Adaption-Innovation (KAI) Theory, and autistic traits, as measured by the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ). KAI aims to improve collaboration and reduce cognitive conflict in work and team settings. The study involved 80 participants (N = 80), …
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Leader Effectiveness among Patterns of Personality Types and Creativity Styles
… effectiveness and personality preferences. Type Theory and Adaption-Innovation Theory precepts were examined in tandem using cluster analytic techniques in order to discover whether past variable-centered findings relating these two theories would generalize to a person-centered examination. …
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Applying a Cognitive Lens to the Exploration of Social Mobility for African American Men: A Phenomenological Study
… race, and resilience by way of Kirton's Adaption-Innovation Theory, Critical Race Theory, and Resilience Theory, respectively. The study findings offer counter-narratives to rebuff dominant ideology about Black men in society, facilitate an understanding of values and motivators, …
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Use of Teams to Accomplish Radical Organization Change: Examining the Influence of Team Cognitive Style and Leader Emotional Intelligence
… a merger as a radical change strategy. Based on adaption-innovation theory (Kirton, 1976) and the ability-based theory of emotional intelligence (Mayer, Salovey & Caruso, 1991), this study proposed that teams that are heterogeneous and innovative with respect to cognitive style will be most …
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The Effects of Leader–member Exchange and Cognitive Style on Student Achievement: A Mixed Methods Case Study of Teacher–student Dyads
… North Carolina. Leader-member Exchange (LMX) theory and Adaption-innovation theory guided the research. In the quantitative strand, the Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory was used to measure the cognitive style of teachers and students, a researcher developed survey was used to measure …
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Relationship between dissimilar cognitive styles, use of coping behavior and use of learning strategies
… intended to be another study extending Kirton’s theory and challenging its application to and sustainability in the classroom environment.