Adaptors and Innovators in Large Organizations
Does Cognitive Style Characterize Actual Behavior of Employees at Work? An Exploratory Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13655302 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ray Clapp (corresponding author), R G Clapp (Hatfield Polytechnic), Steven M De Ciantis |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 503-513 |
| Publication date | 1989-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1989.65.2.503 |
| OpenAlex | W1969937125 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 29 |
This study explores empirically the relationship between employees' cognitive preferences for different styles of creative problem-solving, as measured by the Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory (KAI), and their actual behavior in relation to organizational change in a large industrial setting. The hypothesis that overt creativity, problem solving and decision-making behavior is modified in a large industrial setting (even though the underlying cognitive style preference remains intact) in a way that is predictable and observable, is supported and replicated across three work groups. The research design produces a matrix with cognitive style and actual behavior as its axes, constructed using the inventory, together with colleagues' ratings of behavior based on items from the same inventory. Implications for research into the situational influences affecting overt creative problem-solving behavior of individuals at work and organizational change and development are discussed
Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive style · Creativity · Exploratory research · Preference · Situational ethics · Style (visual arts · Work (physics · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience · Design Education and Practice · Emotional Intelligence and Performance · Psychology · Social Psychology
The social psychology of organizations
Principles of topological psychology.
Adaptors and innovators
Development of the Job Diagnostic Survey.
The logic of comparative social Inquiry
The Factorial Composition of the Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Adaptors and innovators
Cognitive climate and organizations
Organizational climate
The Kirton Adaption Innovation Inventory, Faking, and Social Desirability
Styles of Creativity
The Adaption-Innovation Continuum, Occupational Type, and Course Selection
Modern Organization Theory
Adaptors and Innovators in Organizations
Environmental variation in studies of organizational behavior
The road to agreement
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 1998 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |