Creativity - Publications - Faculty & Research

November 2007 (Revised May 2008)
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Creativity under the Gun at Litmus Corporation

Teaches students to diagnose the circumstances under which time pressure can facilitate or hinder creativity. A team's creative "genius", Miles Grady, who previously conceptualized a revolutionary material for an important new product, must now significantly change... View Details

Keywords: Situation or Environment; Creativity; Innovation and Management; Problems and Challenges

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31 Jan 2011
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Harvard Study: Creative People More Likely to Cheat

2010
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Multi-Rater Assessment of Creative Contributions to Team Projects in Organizations

By: Giovanni B. Moneta, Teresa M. Amabile, Elizabeth Schatzel and Steve J. Kramer

This study examined the convergent and construct validity of ratings of individual creative contributions in a team context. A sample of 201 employees and supervisors, working on 26 team projects, completed the NEO-Five Factor Inventory and rated themselves and their... View Details

Keywords: Creativity; Groups and Teams; Research; Performance Evaluation; Gender; Projects

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January 1985 (Revised September 1987)
Background Note

Note on Enhancing Individual Creativity

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01 Nov 2009
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Creative Kids Learn to Flow

5 Aug 2005 - 10 Aug 2005
Conference Presentation

The effects of choice, goal, and creative self-efficacy on divergent thinking and creative outcomes

By: Roy Y.J. Chua and S. S. Iyengar

Keywords: Goals and Objectives; Decision Choices and Conditions; Creativity; Outcome or Result

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2008
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Assessing Creativity and Its Antecedents: An Exploration of the Componential Theory of Creativity

By: T. M. Amabile and Jennifer Mueller

Keywords: Creativity; Mathematical Methods; Theory

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August 1986
Case

Creative Gourmets: Excellence Through Caring

By: Ray A. Goldberg

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

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How a Multicultural Social Environment Influences Creativity and Innovation

My second stream of research draws on my first stream of work to examine how a multicultural social environment influences individuals’ creative thinking and performance at a global workplace. In an on-going project, I found that individuals high in cultural... View Details

10 Jun 2015
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The Surprising Ways Companies Can Foster Creativity

December 1999
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Changes in the Work Environment for Creativity during Downsizing

By: T. M. Amabile and Regina Conti

This study examined the work environment for creativity at a large high-technology firm before, during, and after a major downsizing. Creativity and most creativity-supporting aspects of the perceived work environment declined significantly during the downsizing but... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Culture; Situation or Environment; Creativity; Resignation and Termination; Employees; Business or Company Management; Motivation and Incentives; Management Practices and Processes; Crisis Management; Groups and Teams; Communication; Announcements; Interpersonal Communication

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06 Jul 2020
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How Your Work Environment Influences Your Creativity

June 2009 (Revised March 2011)
Module Note

The Creative Industries: Managing Products and Product Portfolios

By: Anita Elberse

This module note examines the way in which professional content producers in the creative industries approach product and product portfolio management, and explores the underlying reasons for their strategies. View Details

Keywords: Entertainment; Management Practices and Processes; Marketing; Product Development; Production; Creativity

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