Group creativity / edited by Paul B. Paulus and Bernard A. Nijstad. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003. - 368 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Group creativity / Paul B. Paulus and Bernard A. Nijstad -- The constraining effects of initial ideas / Steven M. Smith -- Diversity and creativity in work groups : a dynamic perspective on the affective and cognitive processes that link diversity and performance / Frances J. Milliken, Caroline A. Bartel, and Terri R. Kurtzberg -- Better than individuals? : the potential benefits of dissent and diversity for group creativity / Charlan Jeanne Nemeth and Brendan Nemeth-Brown -- Group creativity and collective choice / Garold Stasser and Zachary Birchmeier -- Enhancing ideational creativity in groups : lessons from research on brainstorming / Paul B. Paulus and Vincent R. Brown -- Cognitive stimulation and interference in idea-generating groups / Bernard A. Nijstad, Michael Diehl, and Wolfgang Stroebe -- Electronic brainstorming : theory, research, and future directions / Alan R. Dennis and Mike L. Williams -- Is the social psychology of creativity really social? : moving beyond a focus on the individual / Beth A. Hennessey -- Newcomer innovation in work teams / John M. Levine, Hoon-Seok Choi, and Richard L. Moreland -- The group as mentor : social capital and the systems model of creativity / Charles Hooker, Jeanne Nakamura, and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi -- Innovation implementation in work teams / Michael A. West -- Learning from direct and indirect experience in organizations : the effects of experience, content, timing, and distribution / Linda Argote and Aimeže A. Kane -- Creative cultures, nations, and civilizations : strategies and results / Dean Keith Simonton -- Group creativity : common themes and future directions / Bernard A. Nijstad and Paul B. Paulus.

'Group Creativity' summarizes the developments in the research on the processes involved in group or team creativity and innovation. The volume draws from a broad range of perspectives, such as cognition, groups, creativity, information systems and organizational psychology.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780195147308 (hbk.) : £32.50


Creative thinking--Social aspects
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)--Social aspects
Group problem solving.
Society.
Sociology & anthropology
Social, group or collective psychology
Cognition & cognitive psychology
Occupational & industrial psychology


Electronic books.

BF408 / .G696 2003

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