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The findings indicate that ADHD-related characteristics, including divergent thinking, creativity, intense focus, and adaptability, may be experienced as resources. At the same time, impulsivity, distraction, stress, communication difficulties, and social isolation may create challenges. These outcomes appear to depend on task demands, role fit, interpersonal relationships, and organizational support.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Contribution<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study develops an exploratory, data-grounded framework that explains how organizational and relational conditions may shape how ADHD-related characteristics are engaged in customer-oriented marketing work, without assuming a direct or causal relationship between ADHD and innovation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2026.1777210","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,2]],"date-time":"2026-10-02T04:40:20Z","timestamp":1790916020000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["ADHD-related neurodiversity and innovation in marketing teams: a grounded theory framework of customer-oriented boundary-spanning"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Sima","family":"Alipour","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Economics, Management and Administrative Sciences, Semnan University","place":["Semnan, Iran"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Abbas Ali","family":"Rastgar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Economics, Management and Administrative Sciences, Semnan University","place":["Semnan, Iran"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shahryar","family":"Sorooshian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Business Administration, University of Gothenburg","place":["Gothenburg, Sweden"]},{"name":"Faculty of Engineering and Sustainable Development, University of G\u00e4vle","place":["G\u00e4vle, Sweden"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref9001","article-title":"Creativity in context","author":"Amabile","year":"1996","journal-title":"Update to the social psychology of creativity."},{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"243","DOI":"10.5465\/amp.2016.0144","article-title":"Attention deficit\/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and entrepreneurship","volume":"32","author":"Antshel","year":"2018","journal-title":"Acad. 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