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Drivers of organizational creativity: a path model of creative climate in pharmaceutical R&D
Author(s) -
Sundgren Mats,
Dimenäs Elof,
Gustafsson JanEric,
Selart Marcus
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
randd management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.253
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1467-9310
pISSN - 0033-6807
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2005.00395.x
Subject(s) - creativity , organisation climate , structural equation modeling , path analysis (statistics) , knowledge sharing , knowledge management , information sharing , variance (accounting) , variable (mathematics) , organizational culture , psychology , business , management , computer science , social psychology , economics , mathematics , mathematical analysis , accounting , machine learning , world wide web
A path model of organizational creativity was presented; it conceptualized the influences of information sharing, learning culture, motivation, and networking on creative climate. A structural equation model was fitted to data from the pharmaceutical industry to test the proposed model. The model accounted for 86% of the variance in the creative climate ‐dependent variable. Information sharing had a positive effect on learning culture, which in turn had a positive effect on creative climate, while there were negative direct effects of information sharing on creative climate and on intrinsic motivation. This study suggests that information sharing and intrinsic motivation are important drivers for organizational creativity in a complex R&D environment in the pharmaceutical industry. Implications of the model are discussed.