Researchers working in sociology, organization theory, strategy, and psychology in Europe, Korea, and the US provide 13 essays on the recognition of novel ideas and supporting their implementation. They explore how novelty appears in an existing field, sometimes challenging or changing its structure, including recorded music, the emergence of novelty through imitation, novelty constructs and measures in social studies, the impact of social actors and their status on the generation of novel ideas, and how conversational interaction dynamics in agile meetings trigger novel ideas; the reception of novelty, including the role of heterogeneity in evaluator engagement, the influence of a present focus on decision making and the support of radically novel ideas, the role of bias in the creativity-innovation process, and perceptions of value and rebidding in online auctions; and the mechanisms and processes underlying the acceptance and legitimation of novelty, with discussion of the changing fortunes of Phil Collins from the perspective of audiences, the role of consultants in legitimating Italian wines, and the role of artifacts in evaluating and supporting novelty in gastronomy and the performing arts. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. Annotation ©2022 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
This volume brings together researchers from a diverse array of academic disciplines including sociology, organization theory, strategy and psychology to address the question of what organizations can do to better recognize novel ideas and support their proponents in implementing those ideas.
The contributors draw from different theoretical perspectives and empirical papers use both qualitative and/or quantitative methods in their analysis. All contributions speak to a common set of phenomena at the intersection of creativity, innovation, and social evaluation in a variety of cultural fields. In the first section of the volume searching for novelty the papers discuss different conceptualizations of novelty and examine the conditions that foster the creation of new ideas or product offerings. In the second section of the volume seeing novelty the papers discuss how novelty is evaluated and recognized both within and outside organizations. Papers in the third and final section sustaining novelty explore how these evaluations affect the support that novelty receives in its journey to gain legitimacy.
Setting an agenda for a more holistic theory on the emergence, evaluation, and legitimation of novelty, this volume showcases how novelty generation, recognition, and legitimation correspond to distinct phases of the journey of novelty, from the moment it makes its appearance in the world to the moment it takes root and propagates.
Setting an agenda for a more holistic theory on the emergence, evaluation, and legitimation of novelty, this volume showcases how novelty emergence and novelty recognition correspond to two distinct phases of the journey of novelty, from the moment it is generated to the moment it takes root and propagates.
