Environmental Determinants of Work Motivation, Creativity, and Innovation: The Case of R&D Downsizing

摘要: Innovation, even technological innovation, has a distinctly human face. It is serious oversight to ignore the side of innovation – motivation driving those who create new technologies. In particular, it important consider impact work environment surrounding these individuals, an that emerges from management attitudes toward progress and risk-taking. Such are likely be significantly affected by major organizational change. this chapter we effects on and, in downsizing for innovation. What happens entrepreneurial, risk-taking activity among scientists technicians during periods turbulence? If there such behaviors, itself will as well. 3 volume, Garud, Nayyar, Shapira treat oversights foresights consequences choices firms invest or withhold investment particular technology. The focus behavior key managers firm. At more microscopic level, however, creation development ideas innovations depends appropriate risk-oriented thinking inventors themselves. briefly suggest depends, at least part, top established This central thesis present here.