This book brings together leading scholars in the field of creativity to provide an overview and examination of the work of Teresa Amabile, a pioneer of research on organizational creativity. The authors explore Dr. Amabiles contributions to the modern study of creativity in organizations and her influence on current research. Further, they also reflect on how her work might be used to advance future research, particularly in the areas of componential theory and its extension as well as the consensual assessment technique. The contributors include both eminent and emerging scholars and their diverse backgrounds can be seen to reflect the breadth of the impact of Teresa Amabiles work across the areas of the social psychology of creativity, creativity measurement, and application of this knowledge to understanding creativity and innovation in the workplace.
This book will provide an invaluable resource to students and scholars of social psychology, creativity studies, industrial and organizational psychology, business and management.
A festschrift for Teresa Amabile: An introduction; Roni Reiter-Palmon,
Jennifer Muller, Colin M. Fisher.- Chapter
1. Brilliant and Benevolent: The
Optimism of Teresa Amabiles Legacy for Creativity in Organizations; Justin
M. Berg.- Chapter
2. An Inspiration to Study Inspiration; Regina Conti, Brynn
April.- Chapter
3. The Social Psychology of Creativity Skills: A
Re-conceptualization of the Componential Model; Johnathan Cromwell.- Chapter
4. A Winding Road: Teresa Amabile and Creative Process Research; Colin M.
Fisher, Poornika Ananth, Ozumcan Demir Caliskan.- Chapter
5. Teresa M.
Amabile: Thought Leadership in Organizational Creativity Research; Lucy L.
Gilson.- Chapter
6. Memes, Meaning and Creativity: A Found Interpretation
of 5 Decades of Teresa Amabiles Research; Spencer Harrison.- Chapter
7. So
Much More than a Graduate School Mentor!; Beth Hennessey.- Chapter
8. Going
back to the drawing board until the foundation of creative workis sound;
Giovanni B. Moneta.- Chapter
9. Towards (eventually) expanding the
componential model: Integrating theory on the bias against creativity;
Jennifer Mueller.- Chapter
10. Local Safety versus Global Risk: Models of the
Creative Work Environment; Michael D. Mumford, Mark W. Fichtel.- Chapter
11.
Reflections on the impact of Teresa Amabile on the development of the field
of group creativity; Paul B. Paulus.- Chapter
12. An intellectual journey:
The path from creativity in context to a social network perspective of
creativity; Jill Perry-Smith.- Chapter
13. Meaningful work and creativity:
Mapping out a way forward; Gregory Fetzer, Michael G. Pratt.- Chapter
14.
Polarities in Creativity: Revisiting Amabiles Componential Model; Gerard J.
Puccio.- Chapter
15. The Consensual Assessment Technique: Refinement and
Further Development; Roni Reiter-Palmon.- Chapter
16. A Hobby Out of Control:
Festschrift for Teresa Amabile; Mark A. Runco.- Chapter
17. The Importance of
the Componential Model of Creativity; Christina E. Shalley.- Chapter
18. The
Two Social Psychologies of Creativity: From Historiometric to Experimental
(and the Latter to Stay); Dean Keith Simonton.- Chapter
19. The Legacy of
Inner Work Life in the Progress Principle; Jeff Steiner.- Chapter
20. Four
Giant Steps Forward: A Tribute to Teresa Amabile and How She Transformed the
Field of Creativity; Robert J. Sternberg.- Chapter
21. Coherence, Courage,
and Community: Lessons Learned from Professor Teresa Amabile; Jing
Zhou.- Chapter
22. A Labor of Love: Reflections on a Research Career, with
Love; Teresa M. Amabile.
Roni Reiter-Palmon is Professor of Industrial and Organizational (I/O) Psychology, and Director of Innovation at the Center for Collaboration Science at the University of Nebraska, Omaha, USA. She is also the Series Editor of Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Innovation in Organizations. Colin M. Fisher is Associate Professor of Organisations and Innovation at University College London, UK. His research deals with leading, helping, and coaching teams and individuals in situations requiring collective creativity, improvisation, and effective decision-making, with a focus on how temporal issues shape group processes and outcomes. Jennifer S. Mueller is Associate Professor of Management at the University of San Diego, USA. Her research examines implicit beliefs that harm effective collaboration, assessments of leadership potential, as well as the recognition of creative ideas.
