Group Creativity: Innovation through Collaboration

Author:   Paul B. Paulus (Chair. Department of Psychology, Chair. Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Arlington) ,  Bernard A. Nijstad (Professor of Psychology, Professor of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780195147308


Pages:   368
Publication Date:   25 September 2003
Format:   Hardback
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Creativity often leads to the development of original ideas that are useful or influential, and maintaining creativity is crucial for the continued development of organizations in particular and society in general. Most research and writing has focused on individual creativity. Yet, in recent years there has been an increasing acknowledgment of the importance of the social and contextual factors in creativity. Even with the information explosion and the growing necessity for specialization, the development of innovations still requires group interaction at various stages in the creative process. Most organizations increasingly rely on the work of creative teams where each individual is an expert in a particular area. This volume summarizes the exciting new research developments on the processes involved in group creativity and innovation, and explores the relationship between group processes, group context, and creativity. It draws from a broad range of research perspectives, including those investigating cognition, groups, creativity, information systems, and organizational psychology. These different perspectives have been brought together in one volume in order to focus attention on this developing literature and its implications for theory and application. The chapters in this volume are organized into two sections. The first focuses on how group decision making is affected by factors such as cognitive fixation and flexibility, group diversity, minority dissent, group decision-making, brainstorming, and group support systems. Special attention is devoted to the various processes and conditions that can inhibit or facilitate group creativity. The second section explores how various contextual and environmental factors affect the creative processes of groups. The chapters explore issues of group autonomy, group socialization, mentoring, team innovation, knowledge transfer, and creativity at the level of cultures and societies. The research presented in this section makes it clear that a full understanding of group creativity cannot be accomplished without adequate attention to the group environment. It will be a useful source of information for scholars, practitioners, and students wishing to understand and facilitate group creativity.

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Author:   Paul B. Paulus (Chair. Department of Psychology, Chair. Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Arlington) ,  Bernard A. Nijstad (Professor of Psychology, Professor of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 24.10cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 16.60cm
Weight:   0.617kg
ISBN:  

9780195147308


ISBN 10:   0195147308
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   25 September 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1: Group creativity: An Introduction Part I: Group process and creativity 2: The constraining effects of initial ideas 3: Diversity and creativity in work groups 4: Better than individuals? The potential benefits of dissent and diversity for group creativity 5: Group creativity and collective choice 6: Ideational creativity in groups: Lessons from research on brainstorming 7: Cognitive stimulation and interference in idea generating groups 8: Electronic brainstorming: Theory, research and future directions Part II: Group creativity in context 9: Is the social psychology of creativity really social? Moving beyond a focus on the individual 10: Newcomer innovation in work teams 11: The group as mentor: Social capital and the systems model of creativity 12: Creativity and innovation implementation in teams 13: Learning from direct and indirect experience in organisations 14: Creative cultures, nations and civilisations: Strategies and results 15: Group creativity: Common themes and future directions

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Researchers in psychology, sociology, and business explain how creativity can and often does emerge from interactions between people, rather than the solitary genius so favored by American myth and legend. They speak to students, practitioners, and scholars in those fields, and to lay readers, and so use non-technical language and often describe how to apply the ideas in common settings. -SciTech.


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