Description
Although creativity is often considered an individual ability or activity, innovation in teams and organizations involves collaboration of people with diverse perspectives, knowledge, and skills. The effective development of collaborative innovations and solutions to problems is critical to the success of teams and organizations, but research has also demonstrated many factors which tend to limit the effectiveness of collaborative innovation of groups and teams. This volume highlights recent theoretical, empirical, and practical developments that provide a solid basis for the practice of collaborative innovation and future research. It draws from a broad range of research perspectives including cognition, social influence, groups, teams, creativity, communication, networks, information systems, organizational psychology, engineering, computer science, and the arts. This volume is an important source of information for students, scholars, practitioners, and others interested in understanding the complexity of the group creative process and tapping the creative potential of groups and teams.
Table of Contents
PART ONE INTRODUCTIONChapter 1 IntroductionPaul B. Paulus and Bernard A. NijstadPART TWO INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPSChapter 2 The Cognitive Underpinnings of Creativity in Teams: Distal and Proximal AntecedentsSimon TaggarChapter 3 Diversity and Group CreativityPaul B. Paulus, Karen I. van der Zee, and Jared B. KenworthyChapter 4 Newcomer Influence and Creativity in Work GroupsJohn M. Levine, Hoon-seok Choi, Richard L. MorelandChapter 5 Better than Individuals? Dissent and Group CreativityCharlan Jeanne Nemeth and Alexander O'ConnorPART THREE BASIC PROCESSES AND THEORETICAL APPROACHESChapter 6 Information Processing, Motivation, and Group CreativityBernard A. Nijstad, Myriam Bechtoldt, and Hoon-Seok ChoiChapter 7 Affective Influences on Creativity in Teams: A Multilevel and Regulatory Focus PerspectiveMarch L. To and Cynthia D. FisherChapter 8 Inspired and Appreciated by the Group: The Social Identity Approach to CreativityS. Alexander Haslam, Inmaculada Adarves-Yorno, Niklas K. Steffens, and Tom PostmesChapter 9 The Emergence of Team Creativity: A Social Network PerspectiveYingjie YuanChapter 10 Modeling Group Creativity as the Evolution of Community-Level, Creative Problem SolvingAlex Doboli, Xiaowei Liu, Hao Li, and Simona DoboliChapter 11 Why Great Ideas are Often Overlooked: A Review and Theoretical Analysis of Research on Idea Evaluation and SelectionEric F. Rietzchel, Bernard A. Nijstad, and Wolfgang StroebeChapter 12 Group Creativity and Collective ChoiceGarold Stasser and Susanne AbelePART FOUR GROUP CREATIVITY IN CONTEXTChapter 13 P.I.E.C.E. Together: How Social Norms Support the Process of Team CreativityJack A. Goncalo, Joshua H. Katz, and Lillien M. EllisChapter 14 Innovation in Work TeamsJakob Stollberger, Michael A. West, and Claudia A. SacramentoChapter 15 Creativity in Computed-Mediated Virtual GroupsAlan R. Dennis, Randall K. Minas, and Michael L. WilliamsChapter 16 Creativity in Sociocultural Systems: Cultures, Nation, and CivilizationsDean Keith SimontonPART FIVE APPLICATIONS OF GROUP CREATIVITYChapter 17 Effective BrainstormingPaul B. Paulus and Jared B. KenworthyChapter 18 Design and Group CreativityArthur B. Markman and Jonathan CaganChapter 19 How Science Teams Deal with Uncertainty: Insights from the Mars Rover ProjectJoel Chan and Susannah PaletzChapter 20 Innovation in the Arts: Collaborative and Creative Filmmaking ProcessesSusan KerriganChapter 21 Leading Creative Groups: What Must Leaders Think About?Michael D. Mumford, Cory Higgs, E. Michelle Todd, and Robert Martin
