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Psychology Faculty Publications

2013

Creativity

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The Interactive Effects Of Self-Perceptions And Job Requirements On Creative Problem Solving, Erika J. Robinson-Morral, Roni Reiter-Palmon, James C. Kaufman Sep 2013

The Interactive Effects Of Self-Perceptions And Job Requirements On Creative Problem Solving, Erika J. Robinson-Morral, Roni Reiter-Palmon, James C. Kaufman

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Over the years, researchers have focused on ways to facilitate creativity in the workplace by looking at individual factors and organizational factors that affect employee creativity (Woodman, Sawyer, & Griffin, 1993). In many cases, the factors that affect creativity are examined independently. In other words, it is uncommon for researchers to look at the interaction among individual and organizational factors. In this study, it is argued that to get a true understanding of how to maximize creativity in the workplace, organizational researchers must look at the interaction between organizational factors and individual factors that affect employee creativity. More specifically, …


A Genius’ Creative Life: The Nobel Laureate Chandra - A Creative Mind At Work—Life Of An Astrophysicist, V. Krishna Kumar Feb 2013

A Genius’ Creative Life: The Nobel Laureate Chandra - A Creative Mind At Work—Life Of An Astrophysicist, V. Krishna Kumar

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Reanalysis Of Genetic Data And Rethinking Dopamine's Relationship With Creativity, Michelle Murphy, Mark A. Runco, Selcuk Acar, Roni Reiter-Palmon Jan 2013

Reanalysis Of Genetic Data And Rethinking Dopamine's Relationship With Creativity, Michelle Murphy, Mark A. Runco, Selcuk Acar, Roni Reiter-Palmon

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Several genetic analyses of creativity have recently been reported. A key finding is that dopamine might be related to ideational fluency (Runco, Noble, Reiter-Palmon, Acar, Ritchie, & Yurkovich, 2011) or even to creativity per se (Reuter, Roth, Holve, & Hennig, 2006). Previous analyses have ignored an important part of genetic theory, however, namely the likelihood of polygenetic contributions. Many human characteristics are polygenetic.