Drivers of creativity within advertising agencies: How structural configuration can affect and improve creative development
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2018
Department/School
Marketing
Publication Title
Journal of Advertising Research
Abstract
There has been a surprising dearth of research that investigates the effects of structural elements on creative outputs in an advertising agency context. This article explores how structural elements may be applied to achieve different flavors of creativity via their effects on originality and strategy. The study examined 554 campaigns in a field study of Australia-and New Zealand-based advertising-agency professionals from Sydney, Melbourne, and Auckland. Findings suggest that agencies can deploy their servicelevel resources flexibly, but not all structural configurations lead to the best outputs, depending on the client context. Managerial implications, limitations, and directions for future research are discussed.
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Recommended Citation
O’Connor, H., Kilgour, M., Koslow, S., & Sasser, S. (2018). Drivers of creativity within advertising agencies: How structural configuration can affect and improve creative development. Journal of Advertising Research, 58(2), 202–217. https://doi.org/10.2501/JAR-2017-015