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Innovation

By: Amalya Oliver-Lumerman & Gili Sima Drori
In: Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia
Edited by: Vicki Smith
Subject:Organizational Psychology, Sociology of Work (general), Organizational Theory
Keywords:innovation; innovation networks; innovation processes; innovation studies; open innovation; power distance; work in process

Innovation is defined as an emergence and a successful implementation of a novel idea or practice. This term is a necessary foundation for organizational vitality and for growth and expansion. Once explained as the source for generating new knowledge, innovation became ...

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  Oliver-Lumerman, A., & Drori, G. S. (2013). Innovation. In V. Smith (Ed.), Sociology of work: An encyclopedia (Vol. 1, pp. 446-447). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452276199.n162
  
  Oliver-Lumerman, Amalya, and Gili S. Drori. "Innovation." In Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia, edited by Smith, Vicki, 446-47. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2013. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452276199.n162.
  
  Oliver-Lumerman, A. and Drori, G. S. 2013. Innovation. In: Vicki Smith Editor, 2013. Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 446-447 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452276199.n162> [Accessed 5 Oct 2022].
  
  Oliver-Lumerman, Amalya and Gili S. Drori. "Innovation." Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Vicki Smith. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2013, pp. 446-47. SAGE Knowledge. 5 Oct 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452276199.n162.
  
  Oliver-Lumerman, Amalya, and Gili S. Drori (2013). Innovation In: Smith, Vicki (Ed.),Innovation Sociology of work: An encyclopedia Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2013:446-447. doi:10.4135/9781452276199.n162
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