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- June 1998
- Article
Reward, Intrinsic Motivation, and Creativity
By: B. A. Hennessey and T. M. Amabile
Comments on R. Eisenberger and J. Cameron's (see record 1996-06440-007) discussion on the impact of reward on creativity. The authors argue that Eisenberger and Cameron overlooked or failed to adequately explain several demonstrations of lower creativity on rewarded... View Details
Hennessey, B. A., and T. M. Amabile. "Reward, Intrinsic Motivation, and Creativity." American Psychologist 53, no. 6 (June 1998): 674–675.
- January 2003
- Case
Mountain Dew: Selecting New Creative
The key role of selecting creative in brand communications, the problems with building a brand in a turbulent cultural environment, the challenges of extending an advertising campaign, and the senior management skills needed to interpret ads are highlighted. View Details
Holt, Douglas B. "Mountain Dew: Selecting New Creative." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 503-038, January 2003.
- 01 Oct 1997
- Conference Presentation
Rewards and Creativity
By: B. A. Hennessey and Teresa M. Amabile
Keywords: Creativity
- 2022
- Article
Is Maximising Creativity Good? The Importance of Elaboration and Internal Confidence in Producing Creative Ideas
By: Goran Calic, Elaine Mosakowski, Nick Bontis and Sébastien Hélie
While knowledge management researchers acknowledge that individuals transition from generation to implementation of ideas, these transitions are not fully understood. The current article focuses on idea elaboration – defined as the transition of an idea from an... View Details
Keywords: Knowledge Management; Organizational Culture; Creativity; Cognition and Thinking; Innovation and Invention; Learning
Calic, Goran, Elaine Mosakowski, Nick Bontis, and Sébastien Hélie. "Is Maximising Creativity Good? The Importance of Elaboration and Internal Confidence in Producing Creative Ideas." Knowledge Management Research and Practice 20, no. 5 (2022): 776–791.
- 1987
- Book
Creativity and Learning
By: Beth A. Hennessey and T. M. Amabile
Hennessey, Beth A., and T. M. Amabile. Creativity and Learning. Washington, D.C.: National Education Association, 1987.
- 17 Nov 2010
- News
The Three Threats to Creativity
- 07 Sep 2011
- News
How Small Wins Unleash Creativity
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
How Small Wins Unleash Creativity
to recent research, the single most important factor is simply a sense of making progress on meaningful work. But creating an environment that fosters progress takes some careful effort. In their new book, The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 1994
- Article
The Delicate Balance in Managing for Creativity
By: T. M. Amabile
Organizational stimulants and obstacles to creativity are summarized. The management tasks of supporting creativity and encouraging innovation are described as a delicate balance between over-control and chaos. A technology used to assess the climate for creativity is... View Details
Amabile, T. M. "The Delicate Balance in Managing for Creativity." R&D Innovator 3 (1994): 1–9.
- October 1996
- Article
Assessing the Work Environment for Creativity
By: T. M. Amabile, R. Conti, H. Coon, J. Lazenby and M. Herron
We describe the development and validation of a new instrument, KEYS: Assessing the Climate for Creativity, designed to assess perceived stimulants and obstacles to creativity in organizational work environments. The KEYS scales have acceptable factor structures,... View Details
Keywords: Creativity; Motivation and Incentives; Organizational Culture; Innovation and Invention; Groups and Teams; Performance; Research; Theory
Amabile, T. M., R. Conti, H. Coon, J. Lazenby, and M. Herron. "Assessing the Work Environment for Creativity." Academy of Management Journal 39, no. 5 (October 1996): 1154–1184.
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
The Creativity Maze
creative people. When asked what makes the difference between creative scientists and those who are less creative, the Nobel-prizewinning physicist Arthur Schawlow said, "The labor-of-love aspect is... View Details
Keywords: by Teresa Amabile
- 13 Mar 2015
- News
How to manage for collective creativity
- 2014
- Article
Are Patents Creative or Destructive?
By: Tom Nicholas
Current debate over patent aggregation has led to renewed interest in the long-standing question concerning whether patents are a creative or a destructive influence on the process of technological development. In this paper I examine the basic patent tradeoff between... View Details
Nicholas, Tom. "Are Patents Creative or Destructive?" Antitrust Law Journal 79, no. 2 (2014): 405–421.
- February 2008 (Revised May 2009)
- Case
The Center for Creative Leadership
By: Srikant M. Datar, David A. Garvin and Carin-Isabel Knoop
The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) was founded in 1970 on the notion that leadership was not innate but could be learned. CCL evolved into one of the world's top leadership development organizations, involved in both research and program design and delivery. This... View Details
Keywords: Competency and Skills; Learning; Training; Leadership Development; Personal Characteristics
Datar, Srikant M., David A. Garvin, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "The Center for Creative Leadership." Harvard Business School Case 308-013, February 2008. (Revised May 2009.)
- 17 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Managers Stifle Creativity
Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, Emerita, reflected on her research and its impact in an essay in Perspectives on Psychological Science, Educating Leaders Who Make a Difference in the World (pdf). More recently, she discussed how artificial... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- June 2001 (Revised February 2005)
- Background Note
Creative Destruction of Industrial Age Management Principles and Creative Construction of Information Age Management Principles
By: Richard L. Nolan
Traces the creative destruction of industrial age management principles and creative construction of new management principles more appropriate for the information age. Includes self-administered questionnaire to permit managers to assess the status of the... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Disruptive Innovation; Goals and Objectives; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Personal Development and Career; System; Information Technology
Nolan, Richard L. "Creative Destruction of Industrial Age Management Principles and Creative Construction of Information Age Management Principles." Harvard Business School Background Note 301-153, June 2001. (Revised February 2005.)