The Effects of Contextual Characteristics on Team Creativity: Positive, Negative, or Still Undecided?
Year: 2012
Type: report
Abstract: Although the dedicated work of numerous scholars has improved our understanding of the nature and implications of creativity, relatively little attention has been paid to team creativity in which creative ideas are generated by groups instead of an individual. This article systematically reviews and integrates some of empirical research that has examined the contextual characteristics that foster or hinder team creativity in the workplace. More specifically, the article also discusses some debatable determinants of creativity that still do not yet have an inconsistent result. In this article, the author reviews literature in groups as a starting point to take stock of both what has been accomplished and what still needs to be done in order to extend the research in team creativity. Based on the review, this article provides several factors which are meaningful or unanswered and presents some new research directions in future studies of creativity in work teams.
Author: Ya-Ching Yeh
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1573789369