Leadership and creativity: Understanding leadership from a creative problem-solving perspective

Impact of situational framing and complexity on charismatic, ideological and pragmatic leaders: Investigation using a computer simulation

“…As leaders face these crisis events -events characterized as ill-defined and complex -they must develop new and novel approaches to problem-solving (e.g., Reiter-Palmon & Illies, 2004). Thus, thinking creatively appears to be a critical process of outstanding leadership (Mumford & Licuanen, 2006;Mumford, Connelly, & Gaddis, 2003;Shalley & Gilson, 2004).…”

Leadership Epistemology

“…(3) Leaders are individuals who establish direction for a working group of individuals who gain commitment from this group of members to this direction and who then motivate these members to achieve the direction's outcomes (Conger, 1992, p. 18). (4) Leadership is creative problem solving (Reiter-Palmon & Illies, 2004). (5) Leadership is enhanced effectiveness by making workers financially and spiritually secure (Fairholm, 1995).…”

Transformational leadership as a prerequisite for organizational innovations during turbulent socio-economic circumstances

“…Uprkos neophodnosti za inovacijama u svetu savremenog poslovanja, naučna istraživanja koja se bave ovom oblašću su i dalje retka. Dok su se rani istraživači fokusirali na naučnike i odeljenja za istraživanje i razvoj, savremena naučna istraživanja imaju za cilj da pokažu da zaposleni bilo kog zanimanja i na bilo kom poslu mogu da ispolje kreativnost (Reiter-Palmon, & Illies, 2004). Stoga, istraživači su se fokusirali na pronalaženje faktora koji omogućavaju ili inhibiraju kreativnost unutar organizacije.…”