Better than individuals? The potential benefits of dissent and diversity for group creativity

By C. Nemeth. 2003

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The liberating role of conflict in group creativity: A study in two countries (2004, background): “For example, people exposed to minority dissent search for information on all sides of the issue; utilize all strategies in the service of performance; and detect solutions that otherwise would have gone undetected (see generally Nemeth, 1995, 2003).”
Social influence, creativity and innovation (2008, background): “To the extent that minority dissent leads group members to seriously consider the minority’s point of view, encouraging extended focus on task-relevant information and exposure to diverse perspectives, minority dissent should improve group creativity (Nemeth & Nemeth-Brown, 2003).”
How to foster shared innovation within SMEs' networks: Social capital and the role of intermediaries (2015, background): “…conceptualisation has been developed considering both social or group innovation (Milliken, Bartel, & Kurtzberg, 2003; Montuori & Purser, 1999; Nemeth & Nemeth-Brown, 2003; Paulus, Brown, & Ortega, 1999; Smith, 2003), and shared innovation or communities of innovation (Coakes & Smith, 2007;…”
Facilitating Innovation in Diverse Science Teams Through Integrative Capacity (2012, background): “…points can facilitate at PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV on October 29, 2016sgr.sagepub.comDownloaded from divergent thinking and the consideration of alternative ideas from different points of view, which is linked to idea generation (Brown & Duguid, 2001; Nemeth & Nemeth-Brown, 2003; Tushman, 1977).”
The Role of Openness to Cognitive Diversity and Group Processes in Knowledge Creation (2009, background): “Debating points of dissent facilitates divergent thinking and the interpretation of codified knowledge from different perspectives, which is linked to the generation of new ideas (Brown & Duguid, 2001; Nemeth & Nemeth-Brown, 2003; Tushman, 1977).”
Twelve steps to heaven: Successfully managing change through developing innovative teams (2004, background): “…views in groups (Maass & Clark, 1984; Nemeth, 1986; Nemeth & Chiles, 1988; Nemeth & Kwan, 1987; Nemeth & Owens, 1996; Nemeth & Wachtler, 1983) (for an account of this research and an assessment of how it relates to group creativity, see the excellent chapter by Nemeth & Nemeth-Brown, 2003).”
Effects of need for closure on creativity in small group interactions (2004, background): “Similarly, it was shown that minority influence, non-conformity, authentic dissent, opinion diversity, and tolerance of dissent facilitated divergent processes in groups and promoted higher group originality (Nemeth, 1995; Nemeth & Nemeth-Brown, 2003; Van Dyne & Saavedra, 1996).”