A Special Issue of Creativity and Innovation Management: Organizing Creativity: Creativity and Innovation under Constraints

Creativity & Innovation Management

• The specific nature of constraints and their effects on creativity;

• The effects of constraints on the various stages of the creative process;

• The role of constraints in light of various aspects and interpretations of the creativity concept;

• Exploration of the effects of constraints with regard to the specific nature of the task at hand;

• Exploration into whether and how the impact of various facilitating factors differs from the impact of their negative twin, i.e. the constraining factors that indicate the absence of certain facilitating factors;

• Exploration of interaction effects with regard to constraints, e.g. the interaction between individual-level and organizational constraints;

• Exploration of the interplay of organizational constraints with business innovation and entrepreneurial action;

• Study of the way constraints are dealt with by employees at different management levels, such as top, middle, and first-line management;

• In-depth studies of the working of specific constraints in practice, e.g. power structure and politics, bureaucracy, workload pressure, time pressure, resource constraints, etc.;

• Study of how groups and teams deal with organizational constraints;

• Study of constraints under different models of organizational behaviour, such as autocratic, custodial, supportive, and collegial;

• Study of constraints in projects and temporary organizations;

• Study of constraints in different countries and cultures.

Deadline: 15 June 2013

This call aims to stimulate debate and discussion around the nature and dynamics of organizational creativity under constraints. This special issue invites submissions from a variety of disciplines and perspectives. In particular, we encourage submissions that address issues related (but not limited) to the following areas: