In Pursuit of Everyday Creativity

Creativity researchers have long paid careful attention to individual creativity, beginning with studies of well-known geniuses, and expanding to personality, biographical, cognitive, and social-psychological studies of individual creative behavior. Little is known, however, about the everyday psych...

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Published inThe Journal of creative behavior Vol. 51; no. 4; pp. 335 - 337
Main Author Amabile, Teresa M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Wiley-Blackwell 01.12.2017
Subjects
Creativity
Individual Characteristics
Innovation
Personality Traits
Psychological Patterns
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Summary:Creativity researchers have long paid careful attention to individual creativity, beginning with studies of well-known geniuses, and expanding to personality, biographical, cognitive, and social-psychological studies of individual creative behavior. Little is known, however, about the everyday psychological experience and associated creative behavior in the life and work of ordinary individuals. Yet evidence is mounting that such individuals can be responsible for important instances of creativity and innovation in the world: open innovation, user innovation, and citizen innovation. Research into this phenomenon could do much to advance the study and practice of creativity.
ISSN:0022-0175
DOI:10.1002/jocb.200