Building on the ideas of others: An examination of the idea combination process

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A different perspective: The multiple effects of deep level diversity on group creativity (2013, background): “Combining ideas therefore creates something new, which is divergent (Finke et al., 1992; Wilkenfeld & Ward, 2001), but also involves exploring the attributes of the component ideas and recognizing similarity between them,which are convergent (Cropley, 2006; Kohn et al., 2011).”
Creative Synthesis: Exploring the Process of Extraordinary Group Creativity (2014, background): “Virtually no research to date has examined how some groups are able to come up with novel ways of understanding problems (Reiter-Palmon & Robinson, 2009) or how group members build on and integrate one another’s ideas (Kohn et al., 2011).”
Respect as an engine for new ideas: Linking respectful engagement, relational information processing and creativity among employees and teams (2015, background): “Greater reflection through conversation encourages the consideration of more unique ideas (De Dreu, 2007) and facilitates the combination of different perspectives for novel solutions (Hargadon, 2008; Kohn et al., 2011).”
Crowdsourcing New Product Ideas over Time: An Analysis of the Dell IdeaStorm Community (2013, background): “Recent experimental research also conﬁrms that building off the ideas of others can be beneﬁcial in the idea generation process (Kohn et al. 2011).”