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Martina Pizzinato
UCL School of Management, United Kingdom
Chesta Ahuja
UCL School of Management, United Kingdom
Devon Proudfoot
Cornell U., United States
Khwan Kim
INSEAD
Frederic Godart
INSEAD, France
William Maddux
U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, United States
Wyatt Lee
Cornell U., United States
Clarissa Cortland
UCL School of Management, United Kingdom
Over the past decades, scholars in management studies have continuously engaged in vibrant discussions around the topic of creativity - the production of novel and useful ideas at work (Amabile, 1983). In particular, researchers have tried to understand and delve deep into an important factor that influences creativity and creative workers: diversity. However, although diversity can positively impact creativity and creative work (i.e., Chua, 2018; Godart, Maddux, Shipilov, & Galinsky, 2015; Hoever, Van Knippenberg, van Ginkel, Barkema, 2012; Tadmor, Galinsky, & Maddux, 2012), organizational scholars have also found that these constructs can negatively influence each other (i.e., Hora, Baudra, Lemoine, & Grijalva, 2022; Lu, 2023; Proudfoot, Kay, & Koval, 2015; Proudfoot, Berry, Chang, & Kay, 2023). The purpose of this presenter symposium is to contribute to our ambiguous understanding of the link between diversity, creativity, and creative work and provide novel insights on how some important kinds of diversity (i.e., cultural, and gender) might shape creativity and the experiences of creative workers.
Author: Khwan Kim – INSEAD
Author: Frederic Clement Godart – INSEAD
Author: William Maddux – U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Author: Wyatt Lee – Cornell U.
Author: Chesta Ahuja – UCL School of Management
Author: Clarissa Cortland – UCL School of Management
Author: Martina Pizzinato – UCL School of Management