When Collections of Creatives Become Creative Collectives: A Field Study of Problem Solving at Work

By Andrew B. Hargadon, Beth A. Bechky. Organ. Sci., 2006

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology

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First, get your feet wet: The effects of learning from direct and indirect experience on team creativity (2010, background): “The potential to create novel ideas as a team is also dependent on team members’ ability to efficiently exchange knowledge and build on each other’s ideas (Hargadon & Bechky, 2006; Monge, Cozzens, & Contractor, 1992).”
Deepening our understanding of creativity in the workplace: A review of different approaches to creativity research. (2011, background): “Cross-Level Hargadon and Bechky (2006) proposed a model of collective creativity in which the focus of creative problem solving can shift from individuals to interactions of a collective.”
The positive effect of expressing negative emotions on knowledge creation capability and performance of project teams (2016, background): “spaces, and rewards for collaboration (Dougherty, 1992; Hargadon and Bechky, 2006).”
Imagination and Creativity in Organizations (2018, methodology): “‘four-stage model’ (Wallas, 1926), divergent thinking (Guilford, 1950), conceptual recombination (Mumford et al.”
Where Do Creative Interactions Come From? The Role of Tie Content and Social Networks (2011, background): “The motivation of the source to engage in a workrelated relationship with the recipient can also have a positive influence on creativity by supporting and encouraging the generation of novel and useful ideas (Hargadon and Bechky 2006).”
Experiencing Creativity in the Organization: From Individual Creativity to Collective Creativity (2012, background): “The social interactions that shape collective efforts involve more than just directly bringing people together; the interactions that give meaning and value to these collective efforts were also important (Hargadon & Bechky, 2006).”
Does Patent Strategy Shape the Long-Run Supply of Public Knowledge? Evidence from Human Genetics (2009, background): “Much of the existing scholarship on knowledge work assumes that the institutional and firm environments are relatively stable (Bechky 2003; Hargadon & Bechky, 2006; Hargadon & Sutton, 1997).”
Initial mental representations of design problems: Differences between experts and novices (2013, background): “Indeed, the creation or adaption of a fruitful frame has been indentified as a key practice in design and design thinking (Dorst, 2011; Paton & Dorst, 2010; Drews, 2009; Beckman & Barry, 2007), as well as in creative work in general (Hargadon & Bechky, 2006; Schank & Abelson, 1977).”
Mental models in design teams: a valid approach to performance in design collaboration? (2007, background): “It has also been shown that creative teams share their goals and their teamwork strategies in order to be efficient (Gilson and Shalley 2004), and that members of a team should be aware of their social context in order to come up with creative solution (Hargadon and Bechky 2006).”
Are male leaders penalized for seeking help? The influence of gender and asking behaviors on competence perceptions (2015, background): “…that help-seeking behaviors contribute to positive functioning in a host of domains, including leadership (Bamberger, 2009; Edmondson, 1999, 2002; Hargadon & Bechky, 2006; Kotter, 1999; Lee, 2001; McDonald &Westphal, 2010; Mueller & Kamdar, 2011; Nadler, Ellis, & Bar, 2003; Schein, 2009; Sutton,…”