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Contextual Creativity and the Experience of Cultural Pivoting in the Workplace

Soucie, Jeanine
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0185-9189
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1596540211223212

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2020, Ph.D., Antioch University, Leadership and Change.
The purpose of this grounded theory study was to explore the lived experience of foreign-born professional highly skilled employees living in the United States working for U.S.-centric organizations and the impact the interplay between their ethnic culture and the organization’s culture has had on their creativity in the workplace. Fourteen participants were interviewed and shared their experiences of creativity, providing rich stories. Using grounded theory analysis of their statements revealed five primary dimensions and five theoretical propositions. The study offers a heuristic model of the newly identified concept “cultural pivoting.” This term describes the importance and impact of having access to several cultural practices and finding behaviors/attitudes/discourses that best suits the situation and/or best solves the problem at hand. Navigating variations of cultural pivoting are indications of what I have called contextual creativity. Thus, the study also adds a different understanding of factors enabling creativity in organizations. This dissertation is available in open access at AURA: Antioch University Repository and Archive, http://aura.antioch.edu/ and OhioLINK ETD Center,https://etd.ohiolink.edu.
Philomena Essed, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Elizabeth Holloway, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Ulrika Schmauch, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
192 p.
Management; Organizational Behavior
Belonging; Creativity; Contextual Creativity; Culture; Cultural Pivoting; Foreign-born Professionals; Grounded Theory; Leadership; Inclusive Leadership

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  • Soucie, J. (2020). Contextual Creativity and the Experience of Cultural Pivoting in the Workplace [Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1596540211223212

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Soucie, Jeanine. Contextual Creativity and the Experience of Cultural Pivoting in the Workplace. 2020. Antioch University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1596540211223212.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Soucie, Jeanine. "Contextual Creativity and the Experience of Cultural Pivoting in the Workplace." Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1596540211223212

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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