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When the Thought Doesn’t Count: The Dynamics of Unhelpful Help in Creative Organizations
By: Colin Fisher, Julianna Pillemer and Teresa Amabile
We’ve all been there. You ask a colleague for help with something, maybe a tricky research design or a difficult student. They agree to help, but their assistance misses its mark. You wonder what happened and, if you turn to existing research and theory, you don’t find... View Details
Fisher, Colin, Julianna Pillemer, and Teresa Amabile. "When the Thought Doesn’t Count: The Dynamics of Unhelpful Help in Creative Organizations." Academy of Management Discoveries (in press). (Pre-published online October 18, 2024.)
- 17 Oct 2012
- News
Small Ways to Ignite Creativity and Joy at Work
- 2005
- Book
When Sparks Fly: Harnessing the Power of Group Creativity
By: Dorothy Leonard and Walter Swap
- 2003
- Working Paper
Affect and Creativity at Work: A Daily Longitudinal Test
By: Teresa M. Amabile, Sigal G. Barsade, Jennifer S. Mueller and Barry M. Staw
Keywords: Emotions
- April 2012
- Article
Beyond Individual Creativity: The Superadditive Benefits of Multicultural Experience for Collective Creativity in Culturally Diverse Teams
By: Carmit Tadmor, Patricia Satterstrom, Sujin Jang and Jeffrey Polzer
Although recent research has consistently demonstrated the benefits of multicultural experience for individual-level creativity, its potential advantages for collective creativity in culturally diverse teams have yet to be explored. We predicted that multicultural... View Details
- 1992
- Chapter
High Creativity versus Low Creativity: What Makes the Difference?
By: T. M. Amabile and S. J. Sensabaugh
Keywords: Creativity
- 1 Aug 1995
- Conference Presentation
Work Environment Differences between High and Low Creative Projects
Keywords: Creativity
- Article
Creativity As a Matter of Choice: Prior Experience and Task Instruction As Boundary Conditions for the Positive Effect of Choice on Creativity
By: Roy Y.J. Chua and S. Iyengar
Chua, Roy Y.J., and S. Iyengar. "Creativity As a Matter of Choice: Prior Experience and Task Instruction As Boundary Conditions for the Positive Effect of Choice on Creativity." Journal of Creative Behavior 42, no. 3 (September 2008): 164–180.
- 1995
- Other Unpublished Work
User's Guide for KEYS: Assessing the Climate for Creativity
By: T. M. Amabile, R. Burnside and S. S. Gryskiewicz
- 01 Apr 1995
- Conference Presentation
Exploratory Analysis of the Creative Process in Problem Solving
By: J. Ruscio, Teresa M. Amabile and D. Whitney
- August 2016
- Article
'Meso'-Foundations of Dynamic Capabilities: Team-Level Synthesis and Distributed Leadership as the Source of Dynamic Creativity
By: Ikujiro Nonaka, Ayano Hirose and Yusaku Takeda
This article examines the theoretical foundations of an organization's dynamic capabilities—sensing, seizing, and transforming—from the perspective of organizational knowledge creation. Making a distinction between the creative and adaptive aspects of dynamic... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Knowledge Creation Theory; Dynamic Capabilities; Middle-up-down Management; Wise Leadership; Phronesis; Multinational Enterprise; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Multinational Firms and Management; Management Practices and Processes; Creativity; Organizational Structure; Knowledge
Nonaka, Ikujiro, Ayano Hirose, and Yusaku Takeda. "'Meso'-Foundations of Dynamic Capabilities: Team-Level Synthesis and Distributed Leadership as the Source of Dynamic Creativity." Global Strategy Journal 6, no. 3 (August 2016): 168–182.
- 1 Aug 2003 - 6 Aug 2003
- Conference Presentation
Affect and Creativity at Work: A Daily Longitudinal Test.
By: Teresa M. Amabile, S. G. Barsade, J. S. Mueller and B. M. Staw
- 01 Apr 1995
- Conference Presentation
The Effects of Evaluation and Technical Skill on Creativity
By: H. Coon, D. Whitney and Teresa M. Amabile
- 2009
- Chapter
When and Why Prior Task Experience Fosters Team Creativity
By: F. Gino, G. Todorova, E. Miron-Spektor, L. Argote and J. Goncalo
Gino, F., G. Todorova, E. Miron-Spektor, L. Argote, and J. Goncalo. "When and Why Prior Task Experience Fosters Team Creativity." In Creativity in Groups. Vol. 12, edited by E. Mannix, J. Goncalo, and M. Neale, 87–110. Research on Managing Groups and Teams. Emerald Group Publishing, 2009.
- 01 Jul 1994
- Conference Presentation
Work Environments Differ Between Projects High and Low in Creativity
By: R. Conti, Teresa M. Amabile, H. Coon, M. A. Collins, J. Lazenby and M. Herron
Keywords: Creativity
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
To create breakthrough strategies, harness creativity to the scientific method
"Conventional strategic planning is not actually scientific," argues Jan W. Rivkin, the Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration. "To produce novel strategies, teams need to adopt a step-by-step process in which creative... View Details
- December 2013
- Article
The Costs of Ambient Cultural Disharmony: Indirect Intercultural Conflicts in Social Environment Undermine Creativity
By: Roy Y.J. Chua
Intercultural tensions and conflicts are inevitable in the global workplace. This paper introduces the concept of ambient cultural disharmony—indirect experience of intercultural tensions and conflicts in individuals' immediate social environment—and demonstrates how... View Details
Chua, Roy Y.J. "The Costs of Ambient Cultural Disharmony: Indirect Intercultural Conflicts in Social Environment Undermine Creativity." Academy of Management Journal 56, no. 6 (December 2013): 1545–1577.