The Radicalness of Employee Ideas: An Interactive Model of Co-Worker Networks and Problem-Solving Styles

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).

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Business Administration

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Cummings, Anne

Contributors dc:contributor

• Oldham, Greg R.

• Sociology, Social Structure and Development

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI9737084

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/84581