TY - JOUR
T1 - The Power of Individual-level Drivers of Inventive Performance
AU - Zwick, Thomas
AU - Frosch, Katharina
AU - Hoisl, Karin
AU - Harhoff, Dietmar
PY - 2017/2
Y1 - 2017/2
N2 - We combine two lines of research on inventive and creative performance that have been separated before. We use empirical models of the performance of inventors over their careers based on an established theoretical framework of the drivers of creativity, the Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other (KSAO) model. We link survey information spanning the inventors’ entire careers and psychometric test evidence with patent history data for more than 1000 inventors. We also control for variables that have traditionally been used in studies of inventive performance including inventor age, applicant type, technology, patent, and time information. We show that educational level, skills acquired during the career, personality traits, career motivation, cognitive ability, and cognitive problem-solving style are significantly related to inventive performance.
AB - We combine two lines of research on inventive and creative performance that have been separated before. We use empirical models of the performance of inventors over their careers based on an established theoretical framework of the drivers of creativity, the Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other (KSAO) model. We link survey information spanning the inventors’ entire careers and psychometric test evidence with patent history data for more than 1000 inventors. We also control for variables that have traditionally been used in studies of inventive performance including inventor age, applicant type, technology, patent, and time information. We show that educational level, skills acquired during the career, personality traits, career motivation, cognitive ability, and cognitive problem-solving style are significantly related to inventive performance.
KW - Inventive performance
KW - Individual-level drivers
KW - Patent history
KW - Survey
KW - Inventive performance
KW - Individual-level drivers
KW - Patent history
KW - Survey
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U2 - 10.1016/j.respol.2016.10.007
DO - 10.1016/j.respol.2016.10.007
M3 - Journal article
VL - 46
SP - 121
EP - 137
JO - Research Policy
JF - Research Policy
SN - 0048-7333
IS - 1
ER -