Organization and Management Theory OMT

Submission Instructions
The OBHDP submission system will be open for submissions to this special issue from October 1, 2019 through June 1, 2020. When submitting your manuscript, please make sure to select this special issue as the article type 'Creativity in Organizations'.

Why is this special issue important?
Creativity is vital to the survival and success of organizations. In light of this, scholars have now studied creativity for several decades. Like most literatures as they mature, the creativity literature has become (ironically) less creative. Ideas are creative when they are both novel and useful. Many recent papers on creativity offer useful additions to old theories, variables, and paradigms, but novel perspectives are increasingly rare. Given the richness, dynamism, and complexity of creativity in organizations, the trend toward incrementalism may be premature. Scholars still have many untapped opportunities to break new ground, but doing so will require creative approaches to studying creativity in organizations. This special issue is aimed at encouraging the bold new ideas we need to revitalize research on creativity and expand our capacity to build knowledge on this important topic.

Scope of the Special Issue
Following Amabile's (1982) classic definition, creativity is the generation of ideas judged as both novel and useful. Papers for this special issue should have creativity as a central variable, but creativity does not need to be the dependent variable. Creativity may be an independent variable, mediator, moderator, or any other substantial concept in the paper. The focus can be at the individual, dyadic, group, and/or organizational level. Ideal papers will address a research question that is highly novel for the existing creativity literature. Novelty may also come from other elements of the paper, including the methods, organizational context, or theorizing. Authors are encouraged to integrate concepts or methods from previously unrelated literatures and even other fields (e.g., biology, physics, art, engineering, etc.). Using a mix of methods would fit the spirit of this special issue, but papers using one method are welcome. In short, we are looking for creative papers about creativity in organizations. Feel free to email Justin Berg (jmberg@stanford.edu) with questions about fit.

Guest Editors
Justin M. Berg, Stanford University (Managing Guest Editor)
Michelle M. Duguid, Cornell University
Jack Goncalo, University of Illinois
Spencer Harrison, INSEAD
Ella Miron-Spektor, INSEAD

Review Process
Papers submitted to the special issue will follow the standard review procedure for OBHDP.

Call for Papers Link
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/organizational-behavior-and-human-decision-processes/call-for-papers/call-for-papers-novel-perspectives-on-creativity