Handbook of Organizational Creativity: Individual and Group Level Influences - Hardcover

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

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.

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In the past 20 years, research, theory and practice have focused on the need to improve creativity and innovation in organizations. An IBM survey of 1500 CEOs worldwide listed creativity as one of the most important skills for managers and leaders of organizations. More recently, the World Economic Forum listed creativity as well as related aspects such as critical thinking and complex problem-solving, as the most important skills needed for the 21st century. This second edition of Handbook of Organizational Creativity updates coverage from recent research and adds topics not previously addressed. The size of the work with the new material meant that we broke this into two volumes: one on individual- and group-level influences and the other on leadership, interventions, and macro-level issues..

The volume on Individual and Group Level Influences introduces readers to the concepts of creativity in organizations. This covers measurement of creativity, blockages of creativity, and outcomes ofcreativity. The individual section focuses on creative abilities and creative problem-solving processes such as divergent thinking and idea evaluation. Important individual difference variables such as affect, personality, and creative self-beliefs are discussed as is the neuroscience ofcreativity. New chapters include creativity and meaning as well as morality and ethicality and creativit. Group-level phenomena cover team cognition, brainstorming, team social processes, teadiversity, and socia networks. There is a new chapter on multiteam systems and creativity. Multiteam systems have their own chapter reflecting the increase of research in this area. Similarly, a chapter has been added on virtual teams, an area that has seen increased research especially after the COVID-19 pandemic started. Finally, a chapter on meetings and creativity has been added.

The volume provides an authoritative compendium on creativity in organizations, focusing on summarizing current and cutting-edge research, while also providing and setting the agenda for the future research in this area.