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In Pursuit of Everyday Creativity

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Amabile, Teresa M.·2017·The Journal of Creative Behavior
DOI 10.1002/jocb.200
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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.

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  • Creativity helps software teams address both everyday and major software tasks.

    “Creativity helps teams address the more mundane software tasks that arise everyday as well as the more specialized but typically more infrequent tasks aimed at yielding major product advances.”

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Authors
Amabile, T. M.
Affiliations
Harvard University (US)
Corresponding author
Amabile, Teresa M.
ORCID
Amabile, Teresa M.
Venue
The Journal of Creative Behavior
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2017-12
Volume
51
Issue
4
Pages
335-337
ISSN
  • 0022-0175 (ISSN-L)
  • 2162-6057
DOI
10.1002/jocb.200
OpenAlex
W2731588804
Cited by
86
References
18
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 5
FWCI
8.19
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 11 d)
Locations
  • The Journal of Creative Behavior (publishedVersion)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (publishedVersion)
  • Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Design Education and Practice
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies
Keywords
everyday creativity, individual creativity, open innovation, user innovation, citizen innovation, creative behavior, innovation

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