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Innovation in Organizations: Main Research Results and Their Practical Implications

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Innovation may refer to a new product or service, a new production process technology, a new structure or management system, or a new plan or program developed by the members of the organization. Among the various categories of innovation, three have drawn more attention from organizational scholars: managerial and technical, products and processes, and radical and incremental. This chapter aims to define innovation and discuss the key attributes associated with it, at the individual, group, and organizational levels. The association between culture and innovation is also discussed based on the results of major research in the field. Lastly, the chapter addresses the main drivers of innovation development and concludes with a discussion on the implications of such knowledge for the management of attributes associated with innovation. Implications for academics and managers are discussed, as well as directions on possible interventions.

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Neiva, E.R., Mendonça, H., Ferreira, M.C., Francischeto, L.L. (2017). Innovation in Organizations: Main Research Results and Their Practical Implications. In: Neiva, E., Torres, C., Mendonça, H. (eds) Organizational Psychology and Evidence-Based Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64304-5_9

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