Table of Contents

1: Group creativity: An Introduction
Part I: Group process and creativity
2: The constraining effects of initial ideas
3: Diversity and creativity in work groups
4: Better than individuals? The potential benefits of dissent and diversity for group creativity
5: Group creativity and collective choice
6: Ideational creativity in groups: Lessons from research on brainstorming
7: Cognitive stimulation and interference in idea generating groups
8: Electronic brainstorming: Theory, research and future directions
Part II: Group creativity in context
9: Is the social psychology of creativity really social? Moving beyond a focus on the individual
10: Newcomer innovation in work teams
11: The group as mentor: Social capital and the systems model of creativity
12: Creativity and innovation implementation in teams
13: Learning from direct and indirect experience in organisations
14: Creative cultures, nations and civilisations: Strategies and results
15: Group creativity: Common themes and future directions

Reviews

"Researchers in psychology, sociology, and business explain how creativity can and often does emerge from interactions between people, rather than the solitary genius so favored by American myth and legend. They speak to students, practitioners, and scholars in those fields, and to lay readers, and so use non-technical language and often describe how to apply the ideas in common settings." -SciTech.