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Creativity and Corporate Culture

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  • Gary Charness
  • Daniela Grieco

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We investigate which form of corporate culture is most effective in enhancing individual performance in creative tasks conducted in group settings. We combine a series of experiments with a questionnaire on corporate values to test whether performance ranking and incentives succeed in instantiating a creative corporate culture. Being ranked against competitors and setting incentives at the group level serves as a social cue that appears to induce in members a significantly stronger pro-social attitude. When this attitude is shared by group members, a social norm of high effort emerges, and creative performance is significantly higher.

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  • Gary Charness & Daniela Grieco, 2023. "Creativity and Corporate Culture," The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 133(653), pages 1846-1870.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:econjl:v:133:y:2023:i:653:p:1846-1870.
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    1. Michela Chessa & Benjamin Prissé, 2024. "The Evaluation of Creativity," GREDEG Working Papers 2024-16, Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Economie, Gestion (GREDEG CNRS), Université Côte d'Azur, France.
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    4. Diouani Hela, 2025. "From Relational Learning to Customer Value Creation: An Empirical Study in the Tunisian Retail Banking Sector," Post-Print hal-05380648, HAL.
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    7. Erik Sarrazin, 2026. "Incentives and Creativity in Groups — Experimental Evidence on Creative Processes and Dimensions," Working Papers 2601, Gutenberg School of Management and Economics, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
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    10. Lorincová Silvia & Musa Hussam & Lesníková Petra & Grofčíková Janka, 2025. "Corporate Culture as a Concept Focused on the Circular Economy," Management Theory and Studies for Rural Business and Infrastructure Development, Sciendo, vol. 47(2), pages 205-224.

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