Organizational performance evaluation and performance paradox in CCI organizations

Abstract

Purpose

The study aims to understand how practicing organizational performance evaluation (OPE) is related to the performance paradox (tensions between creative freedom and survival challenges) in “evaluation-hesitant” cultural and creative industries (CCI) organizations.

Design/methodology/approach

Mixed methods research, consisting of moderation analyses and unstructured expert interviews.

Findings

A conceptual model is developed to explain how creative freedom and survival challenges affect OPE in “evaluation-hesitant” CCI organizations.

Originality/value

The authors bring a new understanding to the factors that contribute to evaluation-hesitance in CCI. The paper contributes to discussing both the theory of paradox and flow theory in explaining the relations between OPE, creative freedom and survival challenges.

Citation

Sassi, M., Pihlak, Ü. and Birnkraut, G. (2022), "Organizational performance evaluation and performance paradox in CCI organizations", International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Vol. 71 No. 5, pp. 2009-2030. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-08-2019-0399