Title |
The Collective Origins of Valued Originality
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Published in |
Personality and Social Psychology Review, August 2013
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DOI | 10.1177/1088868313498001 |
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Authors |
S. Alexander Haslam, Inmaculada Adarves-Yorno, Tom Postmes, Lise Jans |
Abstract |
Prevailing approaches to individual and group creativity have focused on personal factors that contribute to creative behavior (e.g., personality, intelligence, motivation), and the processes of behaving creatively and appreciating creativity are understood to be largely unrelated. This article uses social identity and self-categorization theories as the basis for a model of creativity that addresses these lacunae by emphasizing the role that groups play in stimulating and shaping creative acts and in determining the reception they are given. We argue that shared social identity (or lack of it) motivates individuals to rise to particular creative challenges and provides a basis for certain forms of creativity to be recognized (or disregarded). Empirical work informed by this approach supports eight novel hypotheses relating to individual, group, and systemic dimensions of the creativity process. These also provide an agenda for future creativity research. |
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Arts and Humanities | 5 | 3% |
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