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Creativity in crisis : creative climate of failing startups : how does crisis influence the creative climate of failing startups?

Helbert, Emmanuelle (2016) Creativity in crisis : creative climate of failing startups : how does crisis influence the creative climate of failing startups?

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Abstract:Entrepreneurship is a bumpy road and 9 out of 10 new ventures fail. At the same time, it has long been understood that creativity is an important determinant of a startup’s performance and success. Previous work has looked at the role of the work climate on the creativity of organization but it has remained static and failed to address the specific case of startups. This study focuses on understanding the processes of failure by looking at how crisis influences the creative climate of new venture teams. Using semi-structured interviews, members of a failing startup were asked about their perceptions of their work environment before and during the crisis. From this we could derive the creative climate profile of each phase. In the success phase, the startup showed high intensity of climate factors favorable to creativity and low levels of factors detrimental to creativity. In the failure phase it showed opposite values. In particular, control and time pressure were the most recurring issues expressed by the participants. The results of this research clearly show that climates are dynamic and that crisis induces behaviors detrimental to a climate for creativity. These insights can help founders get awareness of their response to crisis and regain some control over the failure process.
Item Type:Essay (Master)
Faculty:BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Subject:85 business administration, organizational science
Programme:Business Administration MSc (60644)
Link to this item:https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/71088
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