Perspectives on the Social Psychology of Creativity

By Teresa M. Amabile, Julianna Pillemer. 2012

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Scholars began serious study into the social psychology of creativity about 25 years after the field of creativity research had taken root. Over the past 35 years, examination of social and environmental influences on creativity has become increasingly vigorous, with broad implications for the psychology of human performance, and with applications to education, business, and beyond. In this article, we revisit the origins of the social psychology of creativity, trace its arc, and suggest directions for its future.

Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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Classroom contexts for creativity (2014, background): “…of the most prominent theories in the field of creativity studies have taken a confluence approach to creativity – recognizing that creativity emerges from a mix of both individual and social factors (see Amabile, 1996; Amabile & Pillemer, 2012; Csikszentmihalyi, 1999; Sternberg & Lubart, 1995).”
Creative Learning: A Fresh Look (2016, unknown): “Indeed, context matters when it comes to creative expression (Amabile & Pillemer, 2012; Beghetto & Kaufman, 2014; Yi, Hu, Plucker, & McWilliams, 2013).”
A Dynamic Definition of Creativity (2019, background): “…with each other during conceptualization, ideation, and implementation, creativity is sometimes understood as a socio-psychological phenomenon (Amabile & Pillemer, 2012)—one where creators’ individual characteristics interact with their culture and environment (Lebuda & Csikszentmihalyi,…”
Creativity and Control: A Paradox. Evidence from the Levers of Control Framework (2017, background): “This research has concluded that feelings of autonomy matter, but that the work environment itself plays a signiﬁcant role, too (e.g., Amabile and Pillemer 2012; Anderson et al. 2014; Hirst et al. 2011).”
Identifying Viable ‘Need-Solution Pairs’: Problem Solving Without Problem Formulation (2013, unknown): “Also within the management literature, researchers have studied how problem formulation activities are and should be organized (Lyles and Mitroff 1980, Baer et al. 2013, Ben-Menahem et al. 2015). Thus, Mintzberg et al. (1976) found that, under conditions of high uncertainty in decision making, probl”
Motivational mechanisms of employee creativity: A meta-analytic examination and theoretical extension of the creativity literature (2016, background): “Hence, understanding the motivational underpinnings of creativity is one of the long-standing goals of creativity research (Amabile & Pillemer, 2012).”
Unlocking employees’ green creativity: The effects of green transformational leadership, green intrinsic, and extrinsic motivation (2020, background): “…with conventional 19 literature and qualitative studies on creativity which supports the notion that green intrinsic 20 motivation is the mechanism by which other contextual factors such as green transformational 21 leadership influence the green creativity of employees (Amabile, 2012; Zhou, 1998).”
Does Entrepreneurial Leadership Foster Creativity Among Employees and Teams? The Mediating Role of Creative Efficacy Beliefs (2019, background): “Creativity has been a topic of interest for both scholars and practitioners for more than 35 years (Amabile and Pillemer 2012).”