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The strength-of-weak-ties perspective on creativity: A comprehensive examination and extension.
Abstract
Disentangling the effects of weak ties on creativity, the present study separated, both theoretically and empirically, the effects of the size and strength of actors' idea networks and examined their joint impact while simultaneously considering the separate, moderating role of network diversity. I hypothesized that idea networks of optimal size and weak strength were more likely to boost creativity when they afforded actors access to a wide range of different social circles. In addition, I examined whether the joint effects of network size, strength, and diversity on creativity were further qualified by the openness to experience personality dimension. As expected, results indicated that actors were most creative when they maintained idea networks of optimal size, weak strength, and high diversity and when they scored high on the openness dimension. The implications of these results are discussed.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Baer, M.
- Venue
- Journal of Applied Psychology
- Published
- 2010
- Volume
- 95
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 592-601
- ISSN
- 0021-9010 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1854
- OpenAlex
- W2159648322
- Cited by
- 394
- References
- 11
- FWCI
- 18.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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