Publications

February 1996
Background Note

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

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Creativity; Motivation and Incentives; Technology

Educators

January 1996
Background Note

The Motivation for Creativity in Organizations

By: Teresa M. Amabile

People will be most creative when they feel motivated primarily by the interest, enjoyment, satisfaction, and challenge of the work itself--when they are driven by a deep involvement in their work and a passion for it. This note describes the ways in which creativity... View Details

Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Managerial Roles; Organizations; Creativity; Motivation and Incentives; Satisfaction

Educators

January 1996
Background Note

Creativity and Innovation in Organizations

By: Teresa M. Amabile

Creativity, the production of new and useful ideas by individuals or teams, can appear in many forms and many functions within firms of all kinds--from entrepreneurial start-ups to well-established enterprises. This note describes the varieties of creativity in... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Entrepreneurship; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Design; Situation or Environment; Creativity

Educators

1996
Article

Evidence to Support the Componential Model of Creativity: Secondary Analyses of Three Studies

By: R. Conti, H. Coon and T. M. Amabile

Amabile's (1983a, 1983b, 1988) componential model of creativity predicts that three major components contribute to creativity: skills specific to the task domain, general (cross-domain) creativity-relevant skills, and task motivation. If all three components actually... View Details

Keywords: Theory; Creativity; Research

1996
Chapter

By: T. M. Amabile and M. A. Collins

Keywords: Creativity

1 Aug 1995
Conference Presentation

Work Environment Differences between High and Low Creative Projects

By: Teresa M. Amabile

Keywords: Creativity

July 1995 (Revised December 1996)
Background Note

Process of Creative Destruction, The: Business Transformation

By: Richard L. Nolan

Keywords: Creativity; Transformation

01 Apr 1995
Conference Presentation

Effects of Planning on Problem-Solving Creativity

By: D. Whitney, J. Ruscio, Teresa M. Amabile and M. Castle

Keywords: Planning; Creativity; Cognition and Thinking

01 Apr 1995
Conference Presentation

Exploratory Analysis of the Creative Process in Problem Solving

By: J. Ruscio, Teresa M. Amabile and D. Whitney

Keywords: Creativity; Cognition and Thinking

01 Apr 1995
Conference Presentation

The Effects of Evaluation and Technical Skill on Creativity

By: H. Coon, D. Whitney and Teresa M. Amabile

Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Creativity; Experience and Expertise

1995
Article

Attributions of Creativity: What Are the Consequences?

By: T. M. Amabile

Keywords: Creativity

1995
Article

The Positive Impact of Creative Activity: Effects of Creative Task Engagement and Motivational Focus on College Student's Learning

By: R. Conti, T. M. Amabile and S. Pollack

This study assessed the effectiveness of engaging students in a creative activity on a topic as a means of encouraging an active cognitive set toward learning that topic area. This technique was examined in three motivational contexts. Before reading a short... View Details

Keywords: Creativity; Cognition and Thinking; Behavior; Performance; Motivation and Incentives; Training

1995
Other Unpublished Work

User's Guide for KEYS: Assessing the Climate for Creativity

By: T. M. Amabile, R. Burnside and S. S. Gryskiewicz

Keywords: Creativity; Surveys

1995
Article

What Downsizing Does to Creativity

By: T. M. Amabile and R. Conti

Keywords: Creativity; Job Cuts and Outsourcing

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

May 1994
Article

The Work Preference Inventory: Assessing Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivational Orientations

By: T. M. Amabile, K. G. Hill, B. A. Hennessey and E. M. Tighe

The Work Preference Inventory (WPI) is designed to assess individual differences in intrinsic and extrinsic motivational orientations. Both the college student and the working adult versions aim to capture the major elements of intrinsic motivation (self-determination,... View Details

Keywords: Creativity; Motivation and Incentives; Measurement and Metrics; Higher Education; Employees; Personal Characteristics