Handbook of Organizational Creativity: Individual and Group Level Influences

ISBN 10: 0323918409 / ISBN 13: 9780323918404

Published by ACADEMIC PR INC, 2023

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InhaltsverzeichnisIntro Section1. Introduction: Creativity in Organizations2. Methods and Measures in Organizational Creativity Research3. Blockages to Creativity4. Outcomes of Creativity5. Myths and urban legendsIndividual Sec.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Handbook of Organizational Creativity: Individual and Group Level Influences
• Publisher: ACADEMIC PR INC
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0323918409
• ISBN 13: 9780323918404
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Handbook of Organizational Creativity: Individual and Group Level Influences, Second Edition covers creativity from many perspectives in two unique volumes, including artificial Intelligence work, creativity within specific applied domains (e.g., engineering, science, therapy), and coverage of leadership. The book includes individual, team and organizational level factors and includes organizational interventions to facilitate creativity (such as training). Chapters focus on creative abilities and creative problem-solving processes, along with individual differences such as motivation, affect and personality. New chapters include the neuroscience of creativity, creativity and meaning, morality/ethicality and creativity, and creative self-beliefs.

Sections on group level phenomena examine team cognition, team social processes, team diversity, social networks, and multi-team systems and creativity. Final coverages includes different types and approaches to leadership, such as transformational leadership, ambidextrous leadership leader-follower relations, and more.

• Focuses on the key need to increase creativity and innovation in organizations
• Identifies the factors influencing organizational creativity
• Includes individual, group and organizational influences
• Identifies personality traits and beliefs affecting creativity
• Discusses problem-solving processes, idea evaluation, and diverent thinking
• Contains new coverage of virtual teams, creative meetings, and multiteam systems
• This expanded second edition is divided into two volumes. For further information on Leadership, Interventions, and Macro Level Issues visit https://shop.elsevier.com/books/handbook-of-organizational-creativity/reiter-palmon/978-0-323-91841-1

About the Authors

Dr. Reiter-Palmon is the Varner Professor of Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Psychology and the Director of the I/O Psychology Graduate Program at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO). She is also the Director of Innovation for the Center for Collaboration Science, an inter-disciplinary program at UNO. She received her Ph.D. in I/O Psychology from George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. Her research focuses on creativity and innovation in the workplace at individual and team level, development of leadership and creative problem-solving skills, and leading creative individuals. She is an associate editor for the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, as well as Frontiers: Organizational Psychology. She is the former Editor of The Psychology of Creativity, Aesthetics and the Arts, the leading journal on the psychology of creativity. She serves on the editorial boards of 10 additional journal in I-O psychology, management, and creativity. She has published four edited books on the topic of creativity, and is the editor of the Palgrave series on Creativity and Innovation in Organizations. She has obtained over 8 million dollars of funding from granting agencies, public and non-profit organizations, and businesses. She has been elected as a fellow of APA Division 10 (creativity) and division 14 (I-O) in recognition of her contribution to the field of organizational and team creativity.

Dr. Hunter is an Associate Professor of Industrial and Organizational Psychology at Penn State University. His work centers on Leadership and Innovation Management. Dr. Hunter teaches courses in organizational behavior, leadership, innovation and helps manage the practicum course in the I/O area. He is editor of the book Research in Multi-level Issues: A Focus on Innovation. Vol. VII. Oxford, England: Elsevier. He serves on the editorial boards of The Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Creative Behavior, and The Journal of Business and Psychology.