Creativity Research Achievements in the Top Academic Journals for the Business Administration Research Field

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Thoranit Lilasetthakul
Chunhua Chen

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This paper summarised research achievements relevant to creativity, focusing on those that have been published in the top journals in the field of business administration over the past  years. The contents of this paper include the influence factors of individual creativity, theories and models of creativity, and creative climate and work environment, as well as creativity training. Knowledge of creativity can be considered an important tool used for an organisation to better understand the structure of a creative work environment and an influence mechanism for each creativity influence factor within an organisation. In this way, a firm can correctly facilitate developing the creativity levels of employees, resulting in the acquisition of a competitive advantage over other firms operating in the market.

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Lilasetthakul, T., & Chen, C. (2017). Creativity Research Achievements in the Top Academic Journals for the Business Administration Research Field. Journal of International Studies, Prince of Songkla University, 7(1), 105–117. Retrieved from https://so03.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jis/article/view/113548
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Thoranit Lilasetthakul, Faculty of Business Administration, South China University of Technology

Ph.D. Candidate

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