The Interplay between Individuals and Teams in Producing Original Work

IF 2.8 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL

Journal of Creative Behavior Pub Date : 2023-03-19 DOI:10.1002/jocb.582

Erwan Bellard, Nathalie Delobbe

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Abstract

This study investigates the assumption that teams are the basic unit for creativity and innovation in organizations. Through a quasi-experiment conducted with 548 professionals participating in a training course on management, the study first examines whether individuals opt for intrinsically more creative solutions than groups in a music composition task. Secondly, it explores whether alternating between group and individual music composition has an impact on the originality of the pieces composed. The results show that individuals make more original choices than groups whatever protocol is used, confirming that individuals are better able to think outside of the box, take risks, and demonstrate the divergent thinking necessary for creativity. Moreover, individuals choose less original options when their independent work is preceded by a group composition exercise. Paradoxically, we observe that in all cases, participants are more satisfied with their group production than their individual production. We conclude with some recommendations for developing the most original and satisfactory collective solutions to complex problems.

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原创作品创作中个体与团队的互动

本研究调查了团队是组织中创造力和创新的基本单位的假设。通过对548名参加管理培训课程的专业人士进行的准实验，该研究首先检验了在音乐创作任务中，个人是否比团体更倾向于选择本质上更具创造性的解决方案。其次，探讨团体与个人音乐创作的交替是否会影响作品的原创性。结果表明，无论使用何种协议，个人都比群体做出更多的原创选择，这证实了个人更能跳出思维定式，承担风险，并表现出创造力所必需的发散思维。此外，在独立工作之前进行小组组成练习时，个人选择的原创选项较少。矛盾的是，我们观察到，在所有情况下，参与者对他们的群体产出比个人产出更满意。最后，我们提出了一些建议，以便为复杂问题制定最具原创性和令人满意的集体解决办法。

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Journal of Creative Behavior Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts

CiteScore

7.50

自引率

7.70%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Creative Behavior is our quarterly academic journal citing the most current research in creative thinking. For nearly four decades JCB has been the benchmark scientific periodical in the field. It provides up to date cutting-edge ideas about creativity in education, psychology, business, arts and more.