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Extending and Refining the Dialectic Perspective on Innovation: There Is Nothing as Practical as a Good Theory; Nothing as Theoretical as a Good Practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Ronald Bledow ,
Michael Frese ,
Neil Anderson ,
Miriam Erez  and
James Farr
Ronald Bledow*
Affiliation:
University of Giessen
Michael Frese
Affiliation:
University of Giessen
Neil Anderson
Affiliation:
University of Amsterdam
Miriam Erez
Affiliation:
Israel Institute of Technology
James Farr
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University
*
E-mail: ronald.bledow@psychol.uni-giessen.de, Address: University of Giessen
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We have proposed that a dialectic perspective on innovation may serve well as a first step of an integrative framework for research on innovation and for effective practice. We would like to thank all commentators for their stimulating and challenging ideas and SIOP for enabling this dialog. In keeping with the process view inherent to dialectic thinking, we would like to use this reply to refine and extend the core ideas presented in the focal article by means of integrating explanatory concepts, by critically examining the add-on value of a dialectic perspective, and by pointing out future research needs and ideas for management.

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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , September 2009 , pp. 363 - 373
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2009 

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