Regular biography
James Berry is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the UCL School of Management, where he serves as the Director of the UCL MBA programme. His research focuses on creativity and innovation, particularly how ideas are generated, evaluated, and implemented in organizational contexts. Berry's work engages with companies and entrepreneurs to explore growth and innovation issues. His research has been published in leading journals such as the Academy of Management Review and the Academy of Management Journal. He is a member of several academic societies, including the Academy of Management and the Society for Judgment and Decision Making.
Scholar-generated biography
James Berry is a researcher at University College London and UNC-Chapel Hill, focusing on Business and Management. His work explores creativity, motivation, and theoretical precision in management research. Key themes include intrinsic and prosocial motivations, perspective taking, and the role of task conflict and cultural intelligence in fostering creativity. Berry emphasizes the importance of bridging theoretical and empirical gaps in management studies, advocating for a meta-theory of creativity forms shaped by novelty and usefulness. His research also examines how authorship crediting and job title perceptions influence creativity evaluations and entrepreneurial perceptions.