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ERIC Number: EJ941287
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 25
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 98
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-5748
Absorptive Capacity at the Individual Level: Linking Creativity to Innovation in Academia
Da Silva, Nancy; Davis, Ashley R.
Review of Higher Education, v34 n3 p355-379 Spr 2011
The absorptive capacity construct has been examined across various country, interorganization, and organizational level phenomena. This paper presents a framework that adopts the absorptive capacity framework to explain the relationship between creative and innovative performance at the individual level. The framework is illustrated by predicting research scholarship among university faculty. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Creativity, Innovation, Correlation, College Faculty, Productivity, Teacher Researchers, Networks, Teacher Collaboration, Conferences (Gatherings), Individual Characteristics, Institutional Characteristics, Prior Learning, Knowledge Level, Influences, Work Environment, Psychological Patterns
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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