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Culture And Creativity In The Hotel Industry

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  • Maria-Cristina IORGULESCU

    (Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

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Academics’ have always had an interest in creativity, although the literature on this subject began to develop once the rate of progress in science, technology and other fields started to increase. Currently, it is generally considered that the countries with a less creative population will fail to be competitive at an international level. This principle can easily be applied in the business environment, where creativity is needed in order to innovate and to gain competitive advantage. The paper focuses on creativity in a specific economic sector: the hotel industry, aiming at highlighting the way this extremely needed ability is influenced by cultural values. As a result, the paper presents the influence of three of Hofstede’s socio-cultural values (individualism, power distance and long term orientation) on employees’ creativity in the Romanian hotel industry.

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  • Maria-Cristina IORGULESCU, 2015. "Culture And Creativity In The Hotel Industry," Management Intercultural, Romanian Foundation for Business Intelligence, Editorial Department, issue 34, pages 439-445, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:cmj:interc:y:2015:i:34:p:439-445
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    Keywords

    Culture; Creativity; Hoftsede; Individualism; Power distance; Long term orientation;
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    JEL classification:

    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
    • M50 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - General
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives

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