Creativity - Research Evolution

Rhodes’s 4P model:
 The model embraces four interdependent variables, consisting of the person, process, product and press. His work served as a pioneering agent in creativity research and development in describing the creative process, the research supported several studies.

Gorden, synectics and the creative process

W.J.J. Gorden, a psychologist, assessed the behaviour of engineering scientists during the invention process, and came to the conclusion, derived from his assessment, that certain behavioural changes (“psychological state”) take place immediately before a discovery occurs. This observation led to the formulation of the synectics technique. The technique, as briefly described, catalyses certain “psychological states” that improve new-idea generation by means of utilising “metaphors” and “manipulation”. Extensive evidence exists of increased creative performance due to the application of the synectics technique.



More specifically, then, what managerial practices affect creativity? They fall into six general categories: challenge, freedom, resources, work-group features, supervisory encouragement, and organizational support. These categories have emerged from more than two decades of research focused primarily on one question: What are the links between work environment and creativity?
How to Kill Creativity
Teresa Amabile
Harvard Business Review, THE SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 1998 ISSUE
https://hbr.org/1998/09/how-to-kill-creativity


McFadzean (2000:15) manages to conclude and summarise the traits of the creative person as follows:

• A desire to achieve a goal or winning attitude
• A high level of motivation, dedication and commitment
• A high level of self-confidence, not risk aversive and accepting of failure
• The ability to link different (unrelated) elements or entities
• The assimilation of negativities regarding failed projects or attempts
• An ability to shift existing paradigms and assess different perspectives
• Problem and opportunity conceptualisation in a different or new frame of mind
• A “single minded” vision or road map
• A working style that induces hard work and relaxation in order to enhance incubation
• The ability to determine whether individual or group creativity should take place.


AN ACTION LEARNING APPROACH TO ENTREPRENEURIAL CREATIVITY,
INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY FINDING
ALEXANDER JOSEF ANTONITES
SUBMITTED IN THE FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE
DOCTOR COMMERCII (BUSINESS MANAGEMENT)
IN THE FACULTY OF ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA
Pretoria, South Africa November 2003
http://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/25909





The Nature of Creativity: Contemporary Psychological Perspectives
Robert J. Sternberg
CUP Archive, 27-May-1988 - Medical - 454 pages
https://books.google.co.in/books?hl=en&lr=&id=ZYo5AAAAIAAJ

Teresa Amabile, Harvard Business Review, THE SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 1998 ISSUE

Encyclopedia of Creativity, Volume 1
Mark A. Runco, Steven R. Pritzker
Academic Press, 1999 - Psychology - 1300 pages
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=cpc7CJH1-s8C

Componential Theory of Creativity
Teresa M. Amabile
Harvard B School Working Paper 2012
http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/12-096.pdf