Collaborative Spaces at Work: Innovation, Creativity and Relations - Paperback

by Fabrizio Montanari (Editor), Elisa Mattarelli (Editor), Anna Chiara Scapolan (Editor)

This book explores the complex experiences and social dynamics that emerge within and between collaborative spaces and how they impact, sometimes unexpectedly, on creativity and innovation.

Author Biography

Fabrizio Montanari is Associate Professor of Organization Studies at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy, where he is Scientific Coordinator of OPERA, a Research Unit specialized in the study of creativity and innovation. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Bocconi University. He has been a Visiting Professor at Copenhagen Business School, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, University of Leicester, and WU Vienna. His research focuses on the relational and contextual determinants of creativity, particularly on how cities could create a breeding ground for creative ecosystems. His work appeared in journals such as Human Relations, Journal of Economic Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Studies, and Urban Studies.

Elisa Mattarelli is an Associate Professor at San Jose State University, USA. She worked at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy, and was a visiting scholar at Stanford University and the University of Arizona, USA. Her research interests include team dynamics, identity processes, and technology use in distributed and knowledge-intensive organizational contexts. Her work appeared in journals such as Organization Science, Human Relations, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Studies, and Research Policy.

Anna Chiara Scapolan - PhD in Management, Ca' Foscari University of Venice - is Associate Professor at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. Her main research activities concern organizational behavior, human resource management, and organizational solutions for creativity and innovation. Her work appeared in journals such as European Journal of Innovation Management, Urban Studies, Organization Studies, International Journal of Human Resource Management, and European Management Journal.