?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Opening+the+black+box%3A+How+staff+training+and+development+may+affect+the+innovation+of+enterprises&rft.creator=Mate%2C+Davide&rft.creator=Carpaneto%2C+Alberto&rft.creator=Tirassa%2C+Corrado&rft.creator=Brizio%2C+Adelina&rft.creator=Rezzonico%2C+Raffaele&rft.creator=Brassesco%2C+Barbara&rft.creator=Surra%2C+Fabio&rft.creator=Rabellino%2C+Daniela&rft.creator=Tirassa%2C+Maurizio&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Ethics&rft.subject=Social+Psychology&rft.description=We+describe+a+research+on+the+interplay+that+appears+to+exist+in+companies+between+Human+Resource+Management+and+innovation.+This+complex%2C+multicomponent%2C+non-linear+and+dynamic+interplay+is+often+viewed+as+a+%22black+box%22.+To+help+open+the+black+box%2C+we+outline+both+a+theoretical+framework+and+preliminary+empirical+data.+We+view+innovation+as+an+organization-level+property%2C+favored+by+the+organization's+self-perception+as+a+knowledge+engine.+Therefore%2C+we+devised+a+protocol+to+study+the+companies'+strategies+for+training+and+development+and+their+innovation+profile.+The+protocol+consisted+in+a+questionnaire+with+100+closed+questions%2C+suitable+for+companies+which+rely+mostly+on+an+inner+training+and+development+service.+The+questionnaire+was+administered+to+a+sample+of+Italian+firms+from+the+Food+%26+beverages+and+Fashion+markets.+The+results+show+that+certain+facets+of+training+and+development+are+indeed+correlated+to+innovation.+Finally%2C+we+discuss+the+results.&rft.publisher=The+International+Society+for+Professional+Innovation+Management+(ISPIM)&rft.contributor=Hulzingh%2C+K.R.E.&rft.contributor=Conn%2C+S.&rft.contributor=Torkkell%2C+M.&rft.contributor=Bitran%2C+I.&rft.date=2010-06&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6862%2F1%2F2010-Innovation-ISPIM.pdf&rft.identifier=++Mate%2C+Davide+and+Carpaneto%2C+Alberto+and+Tirassa%2C+Corrado+and+Brizio%2C+Adelina+and+Rezzonico%2C+Raffaele+and+Brassesco%2C+Barbara+and+Surra%2C+Fabio+and+Rabellino%2C+Daniela+and+Tirassa%2C+Maurizio++(2010)+Opening+the+black+box%3A+How+staff+training+and+development+may+affect+the+innovation+of+enterprises.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6862%2F