Multi-level issues in creativity and innovation /

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Imprint:Amsterdam : Elsevier JAI, ©2008.
Description:1 online resource (xx, 508 pages) : illustrations.
Language:English
Series:Research in multi-level issues ; v. 7
Research in multi-level issues ; v. 7.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11170788
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Other authors / contributors:Mumford, Michael D.
Hunter, Samuel T.
Bedell-Avers, Katrina E.
ISBN:9780080557304
0080557309
9781849505536
1849505535
9780762314768
0762314761
1281145122
9781281145123
9786611145125
6611145125
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
English.
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Summary:Presents timely, scholarly information on multiple levels of analysis, especially multi-level theory, research, and methods.
Other form:Print
Table of Contents:
  • Multi-Level Issues in Creativity and Innovation; Copyright page; Contents; About the Editors; List of Contributors; Overview: Multi-Level Issues in Creativity and Innovation; Part I: Creativity and Social Influence; Chapter 1. Social Influence and Creativity in Organizations: A Multi-Level Lens for Theory, Research, and Practice; Introduction; Defining Organizational Creativity and Innovation; Predicting Creativity: An Initial Look at Social Factors; Multi-Level Models of Creativty and Innovation; Social Influence and Creativity; Creativity, Innovation, and Group Influence
  • Creativity, Innovation, and LeadershipConclusions; References; Chapter 2. Social Influence, Creativity, and Innovation: Boundaries, Brackets, and Non-Linearity; Introduction; Social Influence may Differ by Level; Domain Characteristics Differ Across Domains; Creativity and Innovation Influences; Conclusions; References; Chapter 3. Creativity Research Should be a Social Science; Introduction; The Creativity Complex; Individual Differences; Aesthetics, Innovation, and Creativity; Conclusions; References; Chapter 4. Facing Ambiguity in Organizational Creativity Research: Choices Made in the Mud
  • IntroductionPressing Forward Through the mud; Spinning wheels in the mud; Final Thoughts on Moving on; References; Part II: Innovation and Planning; Chapter 5. Planning for Innovation: A Multi-Level Perspective; Introduction; Project Portfolios; Organizational-Level Influences; Group-Level Influences; Individual-Level Influences; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 6. Templates for Innovation; Planning for Innovation: Noteworthy Contributions; Planning for Innovation: Noteworthy Omissions; References
  • Chapter 7. Innovation as a Contested Terrain: Planned Creativity and Innovation Versus Emergent Creativity and InnovationIntroduction; What is Included; Strategies for Navigation; The Messy Middle; What Type of Innovation; Contested Terrain; Note; References; Chapter 8.Constraints on Innovation: Planning as a Context for Creativity; Introduction; Constraints; Oversystemization; Complexity; Social Systems; Conclusions; References; Part III: Creativity and Cognitive Processes; Chapter 9. Creativity and Cognitive Processes: Multi-Level Linkages Between Individual and Team Cognition; Introduction
  • Factors Influencing CreativityCognitive Models of Creative Problem Solving; Problem Identification and Construction; Information Search and Encoding; Idea and Solution Generation; Idea Evaluation and Selection; Implementation Planning and Monitoring; Conclusions; References; Chapter 10. Team Creativity: More than the Sum of its Parts?; Introduction; Critique; Doing Multi-Level Research on Creativity: First think About Team Creativity; Conclusion; References; Chapter 11. Team Cognition: The Importance of Team Process and Composition for the Creative Problem-Solving Process; Introduction