TY - JOUR
T1 - Leading creative people
T2 - Orchestrating expertise and relationships
AU - Mumford, Michael D.
AU - Scott, Ginamarie M.
AU - Gaddis, Blaine
AU - Strange, Jill M.
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank Fran Yammarino, Shane Connelly, Jorge Mendoza, Jody Fry, Robert Hooijberg, and Martin Evans for their comments concerning earlier drafts of this manuscript. Parts of this effort were supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health, R01-NS-42397-01, Michael D. Mumford, Principal Investigator.
PY - 2002/12
Y1 - 2002/12
N2 - Global competition, new production techniques, and rapid technological change have placed a premium on creativity and innovation. Although many variables influence creativity and innovation in organizational settings, there is reason to suspect that leaders and their behavior represent a particularly powerful influence. In the present article, we review the available literature examining leadership behaviors contributing to creativity and innovation in organizational settings. Based on the findings obtained in these studies, we argue that the leadership of creative people requires expertise. Moreover, the successful leader must employ a number of direct and indirect influence tactics-tactics consistent with the needs of creative people working in an organizational environment. The implications of these observations for theory and practice are discussed.
AB - Global competition, new production techniques, and rapid technological change have placed a premium on creativity and innovation. Although many variables influence creativity and innovation in organizational settings, there is reason to suspect that leaders and their behavior represent a particularly powerful influence. In the present article, we review the available literature examining leadership behaviors contributing to creativity and innovation in organizational settings. Based on the findings obtained in these studies, we argue that the leadership of creative people requires expertise. Moreover, the successful leader must employ a number of direct and indirect influence tactics-tactics consistent with the needs of creative people working in an organizational environment. The implications of these observations for theory and practice are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/S1048-9843(02)00158-3
DO - 10.1016/S1048-9843(02)00158-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0036889164
SN - 1048-9843
VL - 13
SP - 705
EP - 750
JO - Leadership Quarterly
JF - Leadership Quarterly
IS - 6
ER -