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Organizational Creativity as an Attributional Process: The Case of Haute Cuisine
| Content Provider | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| Author | Koch, Jochen Wenzel, Matthias Senf, Ninja Natalie Maibier, Corinna |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | In this paper, we develop a framework that conceptualizes organizational creativity as an attributional process in which organizational creativity is constantly negotiated between an organization and its environment through ‘entre-relating activities’. Based on an empirical analysis of this process in the haute-cuisine restaurant Rutz in Berlin, we explore four entre-relating activities – surprising, satisfying, stimulating and savouring – through which ‘being creative’ and ‘being considered creative’ are set in relation to negotiate the attribution of organizational creativity. Our findings demonstrate how the sequential performance of these entre-relating activities is consequential for the gradual transition of external evaluations of an organization’s outcomes, from being considered ‘different’ to ‘one of a kind’, and thus the increasing attribution of organizational creativity over time. Our study contributes to the literature on organizational creativity by exploring the interplay between ‘being creative’ and ‘being considered creative’ through entre-relating activities, which is foundational for understanding organizational creativity. Furthermore, our findings put aesthetic responses at the centre of organizational creativity and demonstrate the playfulness of the process through which the attribution of organizational creativity is produced. |
| Related Links | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0170840617727779?download=true |
| Starting Page | 251 |
| Ending Page | 270 |
| Page Count | 20 |
| ISSN | 01708406 |
| Issue Number | 2-3 |
| Volume Number | 39 |
| Journal | Organization Studies (OSS) |
| e-ISSN | 17413044 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0170840617727779 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Sage Publications UK |
| Publisher Date | 2017-11-01 |
| Publisher Place | London |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | © The Author(s) 2017 |
| Subject Keyword | aesthetic responses being one of a kind haute cuisine entre-relating play organizational creativity attribution process being different |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Strategy and Management Management of Technology and Innovation Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management |
