Teresa amabile is a professor of business administration and a director of research at harvard business school. Creativity, the production of new and useful ideas by individuals or teams, can appear in many forms and many functions within firms of all kindsfrom entrepreneurial startups to wellestablished enterprises. She wrote this book with her husband, leading developmental psychologist steven kramer. Michael herron the academy of management journal,vol. Teresa amabile quotes author of the progress principle. Creativity and innovation in organizations background note. Hadley is a doctoral student in organizational behavior at harvard business school. Jul 18, 2017 teresa amabile is the edsel bryant ford professor of business administration and a director of research at harvard business school. Teresa amabile is the director of research at harvard business school. She studies how everyday life inside organizations can influence people and their performance. The author of numerous articles and books, including creativity in context, she has long studied creativity, motivation, and performance in the workplace. The occasion was art class, a weekly friday afternoon event during which we were. Pub type speechesconference papers 150 reports research technical 143.
The creativity of students following the training was measured before, halfway, and after the training. The results are consistent with the proposition that intrinsic motivation is conducive to creativity, while extrinsic motivation is detrimental. Scholars began serious study into the social psychology of creativity about 25 years after the field of creativity research had taken root. Steven kramer is an independent researcher and writer. Amabile s 64 research works with 17,640 citations and 39,706 reads, including. Teresa amabile and the intrinsic motivation theory of creativity teresa amabiles book entitled social psychology of creativity. She has worked with groups as small as 15 and as large as several thousand, in forprofit businesses, nonforprofit organizations, and a. Originally educated as a chemist, teresa received her doctorate. A creative organization or unit, where a great deal of creativity is called for and where people believe they actually produce creative work m productivity.
An efficient, effective, and productive organization or unit m vh very high h high m midrange l low vl very low sample organization. Getting down to the business of creativity harvard. Motivating creativity in organizations semantic scholar. Teresa amabile s model of creativity however, the focus on motivation identified by xu and rickards has also been central to the work of teresa amabile see especially, 1996a, the most widely cited theorist within discussions of managing creativity in the field of conventional management. Over the past 35 years, examination of social and environmental influences on creativity has become increasingly vigorous, with broad implications for the psychology of human performance, and with applications to education, business, and beyond.
Creativity is generally defined as the production of novel, use ful ideas or problem solutions. Theory and research have focused almost exclusively on a personality approach to. Perspectives on the social psychology of creativity amabile. This is the intrinsic motivation principle of creativity amabile, 1996, and it suggests that the social.
Creativity is generally defined as the production of novel, useful ideas or problem solutions. Balance, those who attended or tuned in would learn over the course of the afternoon, requires that we come into a clearing together, to both listen to the stories of others and to share our o. In his evolutionary theory of creative thinking, simonton. Teresa amabiles model of creativity managing media firms. Amabile creativity in all fields, including business, flourishes under intrinsic motivationthe drive to do something because it is interesting, involving, exciting, satisfying, or. Amabile rock center 112 harvard business school soldiers field boston, massachusetts 02163 phone. Amabile when i consider all the organizations i have studied and worked with over the past 22. Perspectives on the social psychology of creativity. Managers can influence all three components of creativity. These results support the hypothesis that unconstrained choice in task approach can be conducive to creativity, whereas constrained choice can be detrimental. Creativity has always been at the heart of business, but until now it hasnt been at the top of.
The associations made between creativity and artistic originality often lead to confusion about the. Grossman brandeis university three studies were conducted to examine the effects of reward on childrens and adults creativity. The demand for creativity, however, exceeds the degree to which it is available and developed. Apr 17, 2012 scholars began serious study into the social psychology of creativity about 25 years after the field of creativity research had taken root. A high level of interjudge reliability was found, and there was a.
A theory designed to be comprehensively useful for both. A theory designed to be comprehensively useful for both psychological and organizational creativity research, it describes the creative process and the various influences on the process and its outcomes. We define innovation as the successful implementation of creative ideas within an organization. Componential theory of creativity working paper harvard. Teresa amabile is an accomplished speaker in the field of business management, educating and inspiring audiences with lectures, workshops, and interactive discussions. Or, if you want to spark innovation, rethink how you motivate, reward, and assign work to people. Mihaly csikszentmihalyi, teresa amabile, michael west and claudia sacramento. In this theory, four components are necessary for any creative response. The current project aimed to test the effectiveness of a oneyear creativity training program for higher education.
Creativity a the section contains chapters by some giants of recent creativity and innovation research. Three of the components necessary for creativity reside within the individual, and one component, a conducive work environment, is. Amabiles 64 research works with 17,640 citations and 39,706 reads, including. She serves on the editorial boards of creativity research journal, creativity and innovation management, and the journal of creative behavior. The dynamic componential model of creativity and innovation. In this view, creativity by individuals and teams is a starting point for innovation. Oct 24, 2012 this excerpt from the series features teresa amabile, the edsel bryant ford professor of business administration and director of research in the entrepreneurial management unit at harvard business. Creativity in context is an update of the social psychology of creativity, a classic text for researchers, students, and other interested readers. The componential theory of creativity is a comprehensive model of the social and psychological components necessary for an individual to produce creative work.
On doing what you love and loving what you do, authorteresa m. It refers to both the process of idea generation or problem solving and. Adapted from amabile 1996b model to predict the level of creativity that may be expected to result in a particular work context. Amabile brandeis university despite the clear importance of social and environmental influences on creative performance, a social psychology of creativity is yet to be developed. Amabile brandeis university although personality research has made much progress in developing an individualdifference psychology of creativity, the nature of this phenomenon can only be fully illuminated if a social psychology of creativity is developed as well. The dynamic componential model of creativity and innovation in. The theory is grounded in a definition of creativity as the production of ideas or outcomes that are both novel and appropriate to some goal. Stimulate creativity by fueling passion people will be most creative when they feel motivated primarily by the interest, enjoyment, satisfaction, and challenge of the work itself and not by external pressures.
The nature and form of the affect creativity relationship positive affect and creativity. The latest business management research and ideas from hbs faculty. Interestingly, this intrinsic motivation principle of creativity applies not only to scientific creativity, but to business creativity as well. Amabile, managers must also make sure that the teams they put together have three other features. The componential theory of creativity was articulated by teresa amabile in 1983. Fisher and amabile 2009 connect improvisation with creativity through the idea of improvisational creativity, where problem identification, idea generation and idea implementation happen. Amabile approach it is also the main source of such creativity killers. The social psychology of creativity springer series in social psychology 9781461255352.
How to kill creativity keep doing what youre doing. Creativity in context incorporates extensive new material, going far beyond the original to provide a comprehensive picture of how the motivation for creative behavior, and creativity itself, can be influenced by the social environment. Misbegotten big, hairy, audacious goals management gurus jim collins and jerry porras encourage organizations to develop a big, hairy, audacious goal bhag, pronounced beehaga bold strategic vision statement that has powerful emotional appeal. Pdf componential theory of creativity semantic scholar. The componential theory of creativity is a comprehensive model of the social and psychological components. How appropriate that chuck leavell got up from his seat in the audience and made his way to the bench waiting for him in front of a yamaha c7 grand piano. Steven kramer is a developmental psychologist and has coauthored a number of articles in leading management periodicals. Watch teresa discuss why they wrote this book, inner work life and performance, why employee engagement is slipping, managers misunderstanding motivation, who this book is for, and more. The inaugural issue of psychology of creativity, aesthetics and the arts, a publication of apa division 10, came in 2007. Optimizing inner work life to create value in our highlyconnected environment, its easy to forget how important inner work life is to organizational progress. Over the past 35 years, examination of social and environmental influences on creativity has become increasingly vigorous, with broad implications for the psychology of human performance, and with. Join the conversation with teresa amabile about the challenges of managing creativity. The progress principle states simply that progress in meaningful work is the single greatest factor when it comes to creating high functioning teams and work environments.
Assessing the work environment for creativity teresa m. The ideas presented in this book have been incubating for over 25 years. Amabile when i consider all the organizations i have studied and worked with over the past 22 years, there can be no doubt. Kramer is an independent researcher and writer based in wayland,massachusetts. Pdf perspective on the social psychology of creativity. She serves on the editorial boards of creativity research journal, creativity and innovation management, and. All emphasise how the community in which a person operates affects creative and innovative outcomes. The first point is that in such a case it becomes hardly possible to change the situation drastically. I was in the first grade, i believe, when the ideas that eventually developed into this social psychology of creativity first began to germinate. Teresa amabile is the edsel bryant ford professor of business administration at harvard business school. Teresa amabile and steven kramer have coined the term inner work life to describe the psychological experience of people at work. But the fact is that the first two are more difficult and time. In it, we learn the secret of joy, engagement and creativity at work. Amabile2 1department of psychology, wellesley college, wellesley, massachusetts 02481.
These data cover topics such as motivation, emotion, work environment, creativity, and productivity. Detrimental effects of competition in a field setting show all authors. Teresa amabile is the edsel bryant ford professor of business administration and a director of research at harvard business school. A model of creativity and innovation in organizations. Creativity, innovation, and motivation for over 30 years, teresa amabile has researched and written about creativity, innovation, and the motivational forces that influence them in individuals, teams, and. This component called intrinsic motivation is the one that can most immediately be influenced by the work environment. That publication was supplemented in 1988 by the creativity research journal.
Effects of external evaluation on artistic creativity. Amabile s research originally focused on individual creativity and has since expanded to encompass team creativity and organizational innovation. Aug 85 note 17p paper presented at the annual convention of the. Diary data were collected each weekday throughout the life of the. Amabile is the author of the progress principle, creativity in context, and growing up creative, as well as over 150 scholarly papers, chapters, case studies, and presentations. Some theories of affect suggest that creativity may be particularly susceptible to affective influence, mainly because positive affect leads to the sort of cognitive variation that stimulates creativity clore, schwarz, and conway, 1994. Harvard business schools teresa amabiles seven strategies for creativity can serve as a checklist for leaders who want to create a culture of where the. Its pretty much impossible to read a book on business, creativity, or happiness at work and not run into her research. Amabile is the edsel bryant ford professor of business administration at harvard business school in boston.
Amabile also hypothesises a logic organising the way the three elements may interact and proposes that this should enable managers and researchers to use the. Progress in meaningful work serves as trigger for positive perceptions, emotions, and motivations. The progress principle by teresa amabile, steven kramer. This note describes the varieties of creativity in organizations, and dispels common myths about what creativity is. The desire to do something because you find it deeply satisfying and personally challenging inspires the highest levels of creativity, whether its in the arts, sciences, or business. Staw university of california at berkeley 367administrative science quarterly, 50 2005. According to a componential conceptualization of creativity amabile, 1983a, 1983b, extrinsic constraints can influence not only.
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