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Cultivating Innovation through Social Relationships: A Qualitative Study of Outstanding Australian Innovators in Science and Technology and the Creative Industries

Cultivating Innovation through Social Relationships: A Qualitative Study of Outstanding Australian Innovators in Science and Technology and the Creative Industries

Ruth Bridgstock, Shane Dawson, Greg Hearn
ISBN13: 9781609605193|ISBN10: 1609605195|EISBN13: 9781609605209
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-519-3.ch005
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Bridgstock, Ruth, et al. "Cultivating Innovation through Social Relationships: A Qualitative Study of Outstanding Australian Innovators in Science and Technology and the Creative Industries." Technology for Creativity and Innovation: Tools, Techniques and Applications, edited by Anabela Mesquita, IGI Global, 2011, pp. 104-120. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-519-3.ch005

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Bridgstock, R., Dawson, S., & Hearn, G. (2011). Cultivating Innovation through Social Relationships: A Qualitative Study of Outstanding Australian Innovators in Science and Technology and the Creative Industries. In A. Mesquita (Ed.), Technology for Creativity and Innovation: Tools, Techniques and Applications (pp. 104-120). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-519-3.ch005

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Bridgstock, Ruth, Shane Dawson, and Greg Hearn. "Cultivating Innovation through Social Relationships: A Qualitative Study of Outstanding Australian Innovators in Science and Technology and the Creative Industries." In Technology for Creativity and Innovation: Tools, Techniques and Applications, edited by Anabela Mesquita, 104-120. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-519-3.ch005

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Abstract

In this chapter, social relationship patterns associated with outstanding innovation are described and explored. In doing so, the chapter draws upon the findings of 16 in-depth interviews with award-winning Australian innovators from science & technology and the creative industries. The interviews covered topics relating to various influences on individual innovation capacity and career development. For all of the participants, innovation was a highly social process. Although each had been recognised individually for their innovative success, none worked in isolation. The ability to generate innovative outcomes was grounded in certain types of interaction and collaboration. The chapter outlines the distinctive features of the social relationships which seem to be important to innovation, and ask which ‘social network capabilities’ might underlie the ability to create an optimal pattern of interpersonal relationships. The implications of these findings for universities play a key role in the development of nascent innovators.

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