---
_id: '65909'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title>\r\n                  <jats:p>Creativity
    and innovation are often understood as the result of a complex interplay of hierarchical
    factors, such as national, regional and firm characteristics, or between organisational
    and individual factors. While recent applications of qualitative comparative analysis
    (QCA) have begun to model such configurational links, their hierarchical nature
    has received little empirical attention. As this paper demonstrates, theories
    that posit hierarchical configurations can and should be explored using the two‐step
    variant of QCA. The paper outlines the potential of the method for the field of
    creativity and innovation and helps to navigate key modelling decisions. An illustrative
    study explores the occurrence of informal employee innovation behaviour—workarounds—based
    on the Ability‐Motivation‐Opportunity (AMO) framework. The results of the two‐step
    QCA are superior in terms of reduced limited diversity and complexity to those
    of the conventional one‐step QCA. Overall, the method has considerable potential
    for empirically capturing the complex, hierarchical interactions inherent in many
    innovation processes.</jats:p>"
article_number: caim.70053
author:
- first_name: Luc
  full_name: Sandfort, Luc
  last_name: Sandfort
- first_name: Talea Davina
  full_name: Hellweg, Talea Davina
  id: '45592'
  last_name: Hellweg
  orcid: 0000-0002-3868-6568
- first_name: Katharina
  full_name: Radermacher, Katharina
  id: '47691'
  last_name: Radermacher
- first_name: Martin
  full_name: Schneider, Martin
  id: '471'
  last_name: Schneider
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6961-3716
citation:
  ama: 'Sandfort L, Hellweg TD, Radermacher K, Schneider M. Modelling Hierarchical
    Configurations in Innovation Research With Two‐Step QCA: Methodological Recommendations
    and an Application to Workarounds. <i>Creativity and Innovation Management</i>.
    Published online 2026. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/caim.70053">10.1111/caim.70053</a>'
  apa: 'Sandfort, L., Hellweg, T. D., Radermacher, K., &#38; Schneider, M. (2026).
    Modelling Hierarchical Configurations in Innovation Research With Two‐Step QCA:
    Methodological Recommendations and an Application to Workarounds. <i>Creativity
    and Innovation Management</i>, Article caim. 70053. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/caim.70053">https://doi.org/10.1111/caim.70053</a>'
  bibtex: '@article{Sandfort_Hellweg_Radermacher_Schneider_2026, title={Modelling
    Hierarchical Configurations in Innovation Research With Two‐Step QCA: Methodological
    Recommendations and an Application to Workarounds}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/caim.70053">10.1111/caim.70053</a>},
    number={caim. 70053}, journal={Creativity and Innovation Management}, publisher={Wiley},
    author={Sandfort, Luc and Hellweg, Talea Davina and Radermacher, Katharina and
    Schneider, Martin}, year={2026} }'
  chicago: 'Sandfort, Luc, Talea Davina Hellweg, Katharina Radermacher, and Martin
    Schneider. “Modelling Hierarchical Configurations in Innovation Research With
    Two‐Step QCA: Methodological Recommendations and an Application to Workarounds.”
    <i>Creativity and Innovation Management</i>, 2026. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/caim.70053">https://doi.org/10.1111/caim.70053</a>.'
  ieee: 'L. Sandfort, T. D. Hellweg, K. Radermacher, and M. Schneider, “Modelling
    Hierarchical Configurations in Innovation Research With Two‐Step QCA: Methodological
    Recommendations and an Application to Workarounds,” <i>Creativity and Innovation
    Management</i>, Art. no. caim. 70053, 2026, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/caim.70053">10.1111/caim.70053</a>.'
  mla: 'Sandfort, Luc, et al. “Modelling Hierarchical Configurations in Innovation
    Research With Two‐Step QCA: Methodological Recommendations and an Application
    to Workarounds.” <i>Creativity and Innovation Management</i>, caim. 70053, Wiley,
    2026, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/caim.70053">10.1111/caim.70053</a>.'
  short: L. Sandfort, T.D. Hellweg, K. Radermacher, M. Schneider, Creativity and Innovation
    Management (2026).
date_created: 2026-06-16T09:21:14Z
date_updated: 2026-06-16T09:24:26Z
department:
- _id: '19'
- _id: '185'
doi: 10.1111/caim.70053
language:
- iso: eng
publication: Creativity and Innovation Management
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 0963-1690
  - 1467-8691
publication_status: published
publisher: Wiley
status: public
title: 'Modelling Hierarchical Configurations in Innovation Research With Two‐Step
  QCA: Methodological Recommendations and an Application to Workarounds'
type: journal_article
user_id: '54657'
year: '2026'
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