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Metaphors Of Organizational Creativity: From Symbolic Interactionism And Constructivism

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  • Juan Carlos Alicea Rivera

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We used metaphors to explain several processes in organizations over the years. The metaphorical analysis allows us to transfer concepts from one domain of knowledge to another, improving our understanding of organizations. As a psychological process, we analyzed creativity through the lenses of particular abilities of certain people. But, is it possible to personify organizations and consider them as creative entities? How powerful had been the use of metaphors to explain creativity as organizational process in the past? The purpose of this conceptual work, based on discourse or textual analysis, is to explain how two recent developed metaphors could be used as to increase our understanding of the creative process exhibited in organizations: from conceptual ideas of the symbolic interactionism, the creativity as a role; from theory of constructivism, the creativity as a zone of potential development.

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  • Juan Carlos Alicea Rivera, 2014. "Metaphors Of Organizational Creativity: From Symbolic Interactionism And Constructivism," Review of Business and Finance Studies, The Institute for Business and Finance Research, vol. 5(2), pages 67-74.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibf:rbfstu:v:5:y:2014:i:2:p:67-74
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    Keywords

    Creativity; Organizational Culture; Organizational Climate;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
    • D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
    • M54 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Management

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