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Creativity, the generation of novel and useful ideas, drives organizational innovation and competitiveness (Amabile, 1988). However, the recognition of creativity is difficult, and individuals often possess their own evaluation criteria and heuristics that influence their judgements of creativity (Berg, 2019; Zhou et al., 2019). This has important implications for managers and organizations as successful creativity evaluation is required for efficient resource allocation and collaboration to drive organizational innovation. In recent years, scholars have begun examining the factors that facilitate or hinder the creative evaluation process (e.g., Berg, 2019; Proudfoot & Fath, 2021). Individuals often have their own criteria on what is considered creative. These criteria are influenced by a variety of factors ranging from the individual's momentary state to more enduring personal characteristics. Papers in this symposium explore a wide range of factors such as entrepreneurs' gender and entrepreneurial framing, evaluators' political ideologies, and affective states that influence how individuals perceive and recognize creativity. They not only broaden the horizon of creativity evaluation literature but also bridge the literature with other important research topics such as entrepreneurship, social politics, gender, and affect. Furthermore, studies included in this submission leveraged diverse methods and data sources such as machine learning, secondary data, and experiments. They thus illuminate novel approaches to study creativity evaluation and show great potential in this research area. In its third year running since the 81st Academy of Management Annual Meeting in 2021, this symposium facilitates advancement of future directions in this nascent research stream and provide important managerial insights on ways to manage biases in evaluating employee creativity. When Creativity Leads Him to be More Successful: The Interaction between Gender and Entrepreneuri Author: Qing Gong; Boise State U. Author: Catherine Paek; Boise State U. Blue Creativity vs. Red Creativity: The Value-laden Nature of Creativity Evaluation Author: Shiyu Yang; Texas A&M International U. Author: Jeffrey Loewenstein; U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The Influence of Managers' Affective States on Creativity Endorsement Author: Rebekah SungEun Hong; U. of Maryland, College Park Author: Vijaya Venkataramani; U. of Maryland Author: Myeong-gu Seo; U. of Maryland Overvaluing "A-ha!": The Experience of Insight Shapes Creativity Judgments Author: Brian J. Lucas; Cornell U. Author: Wayne Johnson; Cornell SC Johnson College of Business Exploring Experts' Approaches to Creativity Evaluation Author: Yingyue Luan; Cambridge Judge Business School Author: YeunJoon Kim; U. of Cambridge [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this symposium is to present to the audience current research being conducted on directions organizations can take to foster employee creativity and innovation. The papers in this session assess these antecedents from a variety of perspectives. We would also hope that through this session, the audience might be able to offer some input and/or direction on the research to aid in further development and future implications. Exploring the Temporal and Interactive Nature of Positive and Negative Mood with Creativity Author: Alexander S. McKay; Virginia Commonwealth U. Author: Tin Nguyen; U. of Nebraska, Omaha Author: Kaile Smith; CUNY Graduate Center Author: Maciej Karwowski; U. of Wroclaw Emotional Intelligence, Teamwork Facilitation, and Team Creativity Author: Jinyoung Sohn; U. of Maryland, College Park Author: Myeong-gu Seo; U. of Maryland Creativity In A Changing World: Personality, Work Environment, and Flexibility Affect Creativity Author: Christine Dongell; Arizona State U. The Role of Leadership in Fostering Employee Creativity and Innovation Author: Sophia Rose Thomas; Texas Tech U. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]