International Creativity and Innovation Leadership is the premier interdisciplinary forum for the presentation of new advances and
research results in the fields of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.
Today more than ever before it is extremely important to stay abreast of the changing landscapes of the Industrial and Manufacturing
Engineering world. The multidisciplinary focus of this event aims to bring together presenters and attendees from different fields with
expertise in various areas of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, providing an excellent opportunity to participate in the
international exchange of ideas, current strategies, concepts and best practices, collaborations, and cooperation, offering a broader
perspective and more enriching experience.
The program includes time allocated for networking, peer-to-peer discussions, and exploring the host city.
We invite the participation of leading academic scientists, researchers and scholars in the domain of interest from around the world to
submit original research contributions relating to all aspects of:
Roots in path-goal theory
Roots in leader-member exchange theory
Innovative organizational culture/climate
Encouragement of creativity
Organizational encouragement
Supervisory encouragement
Work group encouragement
Resources and pressures
Organizational impediments to creativity
Creative work
Creative workforce
Leader attributes/characteristics
Types of leadership styles involved
Usage of differing leadership styles in innovation leadership
Value-added innovation
Exploratory innovation
Idea generation
Idea evaluation and implementation
Direct and indirect influences
Direct influences
Indirect influences
Proposed model for innovation leadership
Paradoxes of innovation leadership
Internal and localized paradoxes
Dual expertise paradox
Generation evaluation paradox
Team-level paradoxes
Creative personality cohesion paradox
Vision autonomy paradox
Restriction freedom paradox
Situational paradoxes
Intrinsic extrinsic paradox
Local long-term paradox
Competition collaboration paradox
Feedback rigidity paradox
Failure success paradox