Organizer: Hardik Bhimani, RMIT U.
Organizer: Dimitrios Salampasis, Swinburne Business School, Swinburne U. of Technology
Panelist: Anne-Laure Mention, RMIT U.
Panelist: Marcel Bogers, U. of Copenhagen & U. of California Berkeley
Panelist: Marco Greco, U. of Cassino and Southern Lazio
Panelist: Frans Gerard Stel, Stel
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| Innovation is increasing argued to rely on human socio-cognitive capabilities. Accordingly, behavioural innovation (BI) continues to attract attention of multidisciplinary scholars. Yet, extant literature is still far from comprehensively integrating theoretical and methodological aspects to examine the human side of innovation, with purposeful inquiries on the role of human brain, mind and behaviour still in its infancy. Broadly, BI is construed as conceptualisation and application of psychological science to explore, examine and explain individual and group-level innovation processes, performance and behaviour. This calls for more focused scholarship capturing the objective and subjective aspects of cognitive and social processes at various facets and stages of innovation. So far, BI related studies have been dispersed within economics, strategy, organisational behaviour, managerial psychology, and so on. Through thematic round table discussions and guided “play” on concepts, methods and applications, this PDW aims to bring together existing and emerging contributions towards a coherent sub-field of BI. Amongst others, an expected outcome is deeper understanding of how to better integrate psychological aspects to advance the science of managing for innovation. More importantly, the PDW will provide a robust and engaging forum for dialogue, debate and discourse on BI frameworks and models, paving way for conceptualisation and application of behavioural insights to solve wider practical problems related to productivity, inclusivity, creative performance and employee well-being. Keywords: Behavioural innovation, human, psychology, strategy, scholarship |