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Creativity has been at the core of much research in individual and organisational sciences. Whilst the first theories and models focused on the individual, more recent perspectives suggest that contextual factors play an important role in creativity and innovation (Shalley, Zhou & Oldham, 2004). In this new paradigm, creativity is as much the result of social interaction, as it is of individual action (Aggarwal & Bhatia, 2011).
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Gomes, J., Rodrigues, F., Veloso, A. (2016). Creativity at Work: The Role of Context. In: Shipton, H., Budhwar, P., Sparrow, P., Brown, A. (eds) Human Resource Management, Innovation and Performance. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137465191_18
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