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Handbook of Research on Creativity and Innovation
This cutting-edge Handbook takes stock of a diverse set of theoretical and methodological perspectives that address creativity, innovation, and the ways in which they intersect. Considering the development of the field, the Handbook examines current trends to chart a path forward for promising future research.
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This cutting-edge Handbook takes stock of a diverse set of theoretical and methodological perspectives that address creativity, innovation, and the ways in which they intersect. Considering the development of the field, the Handbook examines current trends to chart a path forward for promising future research.
Leading international contributors showcase some of the most advanced and interesting work in the creativity and innovation field, providing a platform for idea exchange and cross-fertilization. Reviewing the foundations for conducting rigorous creativity research, chapters elaborate on theoretical models that explain both individual and team creativity and innovation, and discuss the relationship between creativity and standardization. The Handbook also analyzes the role of social influences in the processes of creativity and innovation, as well as how to make sense of and study creativity and innovation. In doing so, the Handbook highlights both quantitative and qualitative research methods for conducting creativity-innovation research.
Presenting an expert analysis of research on creativity and innovation, this Handbook will be a vital reference point for scholars and students in these fields, in addition to the areas of organizational innovation and organizational behavior. It will also be useful for practicing managers interested in understanding creativity and innovation.
Leading international contributors showcase some of the most advanced and interesting work in the creativity and innovation field, providing a platform for idea exchange and cross-fertilization. Reviewing the foundations for conducting rigorous creativity research, chapters elaborate on theoretical models that explain both individual and team creativity and innovation, and discuss the relationship between creativity and standardization. The Handbook also analyzes the role of social influences in the processes of creativity and innovation, as well as how to make sense of and study creativity and innovation. In doing so, the Handbook highlights both quantitative and qualitative research methods for conducting creativity-innovation research.
Presenting an expert analysis of research on creativity and innovation, this Handbook will be a vital reference point for scholars and students in these fields, in addition to the areas of organizational innovation and organizational behavior. It will also be useful for practicing managers interested in understanding creativity and innovation.
Critical Acclaim
''This outstanding Handbook brings together leading scholars who show us, across different levels of analysis and methodological approaches, how creativity and innovation relate to topics as diverse as leadership, social networks, and loneliness. The intersection of different research trajectories is woven throughout. The book is structured to provide foundations for understanding existing research, social contexts in which creativity and innovation occur, and directions for future work. This volume captures the current universe of leading ideas concerning a vital research area.''
– Martin Kilduff, University College London, UK
– Martin Kilduff, University College London, UK
Contributors
Contributors: Poornika Ananth, Matthijs Baas, Amy P. Breidenthal, Ronald S. Burt, Carsten K.W. De Dreu, Olga Epitropaki, Lucy L. Gilson, Jack A. Goncalo, Andrew Hargadon, Sarah Harvey, Inga J. Hoever, Ronit Kark, Joshua H. Katz, Verena Krause, Yuna S.H. Lee, Robert C. Litchfield, Aleksandra Luksyte, Nora Madjar, Charalampos Mainemelis, Pier Vittorio Mannucci, Jennifer Mueller, Bernard A. Nijstad, Michael G. Pratt, Eric F. Rietzschel, Elizabeth D. Rouse, Diana Rus, Christina E. Shalley, Kerrie L. Unsworth, Daan van Knippenberg, Lynne C. Vincent, Barbara Wisse, Shiyu Yang, Yidan Yin, Jing Zhou
Contents
Contents:
Introduction: shared foundations and diverse inquiries for advancing
creativity and innovation research 1
Jing Zhou and Elizabeth D. Rouse
PART I FOUNDATIONS OF CREATIVITY AND
INNOVATION RESEARCH
1 Conducting rigorous research on individual creativity 12
Christina E. Shalley and Amy P. Breidenthal
2 The dual pathway to creativity model: implications for
workplace creativity 28
Bernard A. Nijstad, Eric F. Rietzschel, Matthijs Baas, and Carsten
K.W. De Dreu
3 Team creativity and innovation 49
Daan van Knippenberg and Inga J. Hoever
4 Creativity and standardization: tension, complementarity, and paradox 67
Robert C. Litchfield, Yuna S.H. Lee, and Lucy L. Gilson
PART II THE ROLE OF SOCIAL INFLUENCES,
INTERACTIONS, AND PROCESSES IN
CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION
5 Social network and creativity 82
Ronald S. Burt
6 Creative leadership across contexts 105
Charalampos Mainemelis, Olga Epitropaki, and Ronit Kark
7 Leading groups and teams towards successful innovation 129
Eric F. Rietzschel, Diana Rus, and Barbara Wisse
8 Teams as synthesizers: the role of constraints in the process of
creative synthesis 156
Sarah Harvey and Poornika Ananth
9 Family and its influences on work creativity 181
Nora Madjar
10 Creativity connects: how the creative process fosters social
connection and combats loneliness at work 204
Jack A. Goncalo, Joshua H. Katz, Lynne C. Vincent, Verena Krause,
and Shiyu Yang
PART III STRETCHING HOW WE MAKE SENSE OF AND
STUDY CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION
11 Creative spirals: when ideas beget ideas 225
Andrew Hargadon
12 Creativity over the career 245
Pier Vittorio Mannucci
13 Unraveling the bias against novelty: guiding the study of our
tendency to desire but reject the new 267
Jennifer Mueller and Yidan Yin
14 Who is the creator? How uncertainty, threat and implicit
models create paradoxical evaluations of creativity 290
Kerrie L. Unsworth and Aleksandra Luksyte
15 Using qualitative methods to generate divergence in creativity theory 309
Elizabeth D. Rouse and Michael G. Pratt
Index 330
Introduction: shared foundations and diverse inquiries for advancing
creativity and innovation research 1
Jing Zhou and Elizabeth D. Rouse
PART I FOUNDATIONS OF CREATIVITY AND
INNOVATION RESEARCH
1 Conducting rigorous research on individual creativity 12
Christina E. Shalley and Amy P. Breidenthal
2 The dual pathway to creativity model: implications for
workplace creativity 28
Bernard A. Nijstad, Eric F. Rietzschel, Matthijs Baas, and Carsten
K.W. De Dreu
3 Team creativity and innovation 49
Daan van Knippenberg and Inga J. Hoever
4 Creativity and standardization: tension, complementarity, and paradox 67
Robert C. Litchfield, Yuna S.H. Lee, and Lucy L. Gilson
PART II THE ROLE OF SOCIAL INFLUENCES,
INTERACTIONS, AND PROCESSES IN
CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION
5 Social network and creativity 82
Ronald S. Burt
6 Creative leadership across contexts 105
Charalampos Mainemelis, Olga Epitropaki, and Ronit Kark
7 Leading groups and teams towards successful innovation 129
Eric F. Rietzschel, Diana Rus, and Barbara Wisse
8 Teams as synthesizers: the role of constraints in the process of
creative synthesis 156
Sarah Harvey and Poornika Ananth
9 Family and its influences on work creativity 181
Nora Madjar
10 Creativity connects: how the creative process fosters social
connection and combats loneliness at work 204
Jack A. Goncalo, Joshua H. Katz, Lynne C. Vincent, Verena Krause,
and Shiyu Yang
PART III STRETCHING HOW WE MAKE SENSE OF AND
STUDY CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION
11 Creative spirals: when ideas beget ideas 225
Andrew Hargadon
12 Creativity over the career 245
Pier Vittorio Mannucci
13 Unraveling the bias against novelty: guiding the study of our
tendency to desire but reject the new 267
Jennifer Mueller and Yidan Yin
14 Who is the creator? How uncertainty, threat and implicit
models create paradoxical evaluations of creativity 290
Kerrie L. Unsworth and Aleksandra Luksyte
15 Using qualitative methods to generate divergence in creativity theory 309
Elizabeth D. Rouse and Michael G. Pratt
Index 330
