Browsing by Subject "creativity"
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Bias and bias remediation in creative problem-solving: Managing biases through forecasting
(2017)Although scholars have identified many variables that affect creative problem-solving, less attention has been given to variables that might lead to failure in creative problem-solving. One set of variables that might lead ... -
Characteristics of creativity in relation to auditors' recognition of fraud cues and response to perceived fraud risk
(2012-07)The research examines whether differences in scores for each of four recognized domains of creativity (assessed with standardized scales measuring workplace support of creativity, personality, degree of creative ideation, ... -
Creative Self-Efficacy, Technology Acceptance, and the Theory of Planned Behavior: Antecedents to a Maker's Intention to Return to Make
(2016-12)Fab Labs, Makerspaces and Hackerspaces are part of a decentralized global Do-It-Yourself movement providing unique resources to tinkerers, hobbyists, inventors and artists to make almost anything. Individuals who use these ... -
A Creative Time: Goal Setting, Prioritizing, and Time Constraints on Information Gathering
(2023)The creative process model developed by Mumford et al. (1991) is a valuable framework for understanding the fundamental processing operations required for creative problem-solving. Of the eight processes outlined in the ... -
Developing Leadership for Creative Efforts: A Preface
(Advances in Developing Human Resources, 2011-08-01)Michael D. Mumford is the George Lynn Cross distinguished research professor of psychology at the University of Oklahoma where he directs the Center for Applied Social Research. He received his doctoral degree from the ... -
Effective strategies for creative idea evaluation: The customer’s always right
(2020-05-08)Idea evaluation has been identified as a critical step in the creative problem-solving process. Yet, it is unclear how exactly individuals evaluate and compensate for weaknesses in their creative ideas. In the present ... -
Environmental influences on idea selection, refinement, and creativity
(2016-12)Creative ideas rarely translate into successful innovations. This study investigated three factors hypothesized to influence idea selection, refinement, and creativity—the source of ideas as well as the goals and climate ... -
Fantasy Proneness and Responsiveness in Leaders: The Impact of Charismatic and Pragmatic Leaders
(2017-12-11)Charismatic, ideological, and pragmatic leadership have been identified as the three key styles of leadership. Leaders expressing each style are held to appeal to followers in different ways and through different mechanisms. ... -
Follower Mental Models and Outstanding Leadership
(2015)Charismatic, ideological, and pragmatic (CIP) leaders use different mental models to understand and interpret the world. The present study uses this framework to gain a better understanding of how outstanding leaders ... -
Influence of environmental and personal variables of motivation on creativity
(2012-07)Scope and Method of Study: Cultivating creativity is considered as a prominent curricular goal for the preparation for the future which might have more new information and technology and more challenge. Creative ideation ... -
Investigating leadership characteristics and attitudes toward creativity according to agency context for agriculture extension agents in Uruguay
(2013-12)The purpose of this study was to investigate attitudes toward creativity and leadership characteristics according to the agency context for extension agents in Uruguay. Extension agents come from the three different agency ... -
An Investigation of the N400 Component as a Measure of Creativity in Engineering Design
(2020)The need for creativity in engineering is far from a new concept. In fact, the idea of creativity as a key competency in engineering was identified as far back as the 1960s (Jones, 1964; McDermid, 1965; Sprecher, 1959). ... -
Leading Through Constraints: Investigating the Effects of Leader Constraint Framing on Creative Processes and Performance
(2023-05-12)An emerging body of research suggests constraints can either hinder or facilitate creativity and innovation in organizations depending on a variety of factors, including how the constraints are perceived by those engaged ... -
Level pre-service teachers plan to integrate STEM into their agricultural education lessons
(2019-12)Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education has become increasingly important. Ill-prepared secondary graduates, along with increased demand for qualified STEM employees, sparked a plethora of STEM ... -
Relationship of Creativity and Adaptability to Teaching Efficacy
(Oklahoma State University, 2012-12-01)The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of creativity and adaptability to the teaching efficacy for elementary and secondary teachers. Participants in this study consisted of 34 elementary and secondary ... -
Sensemaking and leader creative performance: The effect of understanding stakeholders' mental models
(2020-12)Organizational leaders are often presented with novel, complex, and ill-defined problems that call for creative problem-solving. Furthermore, the socially embedded nature of leadership problems requires that leaders develop ... -
Taking the good with the bad: The impact of forecasting timing and valence on idea evaluation and creativity
(2018-05)Forecasting is an integral component to idea evaluation and has been shown to positively impact creative performance. However, less is known about what set of conditions, namely forecasting timing and valence, maximizes ... -
Where was I? Distractions during information gathering
(2023)The literature on creativity has long held that one of the most central processes central to the success of any creative problem-solving endeavor is the gathering of information that is pertinent for task completion, most ...