Abstract
Nearly 40 years passed since the research started on creativity during crisis. Are we creative ahead with solutions to face crises? Creativity is one of the most important resources for any organization to think innovatively and grow especially in crisis or sudden environmental jolts. The SCOPUS database was searched till 2022 and 27 articles were considered for in final review. The research findings were summarized with recent trends in the field of interest and reported independent variables, mediators, moderators, and outcomes studied in creativity research during crisis. Despite being a demanding area of research less literature is reported in crisis context. The current study took the opportunity to pave the future directions identified to enhance the creativity knowledge for developing organization strategies and programs to address crises efficiently by firms.
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Banishetty, S. (2023). Employee Creativity During Crisis: A Review of Literature Since 1982. In: Bexheti, A., Abazi-Alili, H., Dana, LP., Ramadani, V., Caputo, A. (eds) Economic Recovery, Consolidation, and Sustainable Growth. ISCBE 2023. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42511-0_5
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