The Emergence of Team Creativity: A Social Network Perspective

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Abstract

Viewing teams as evolving networks of intertwined social relations, the social network perspective has been increasingly adopted to understand the emergence of team creativity in the past decades. This network lens enables creativity scholars to accurately depict how creative inputs embedded in team structures combine to take effects in collective processes and eventually form team creative outcomes in a dynamic fashion. Yet applications of this network view in team creativity research are scarce, and not closely linked to the development of social network theories. Therefore, after introducing the core concepts and principles of social network theories, this chapter reviews the status quo of team creativity research in terms of three components—creative inputs, team structure, and creative processes from a social network perspective. Furthermore, this chapter puts forward three key directions for future studies on the emergence of team creativity—specialization, integration, and dynamics.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Oxford Handbook of Group Creativity and Innovation
EditorsPaul B. Paulus, Bernard A. Nijstad
Place of PublicationNew York
PublisherOxford University Press
Chapter9
Number of pages38
ISBN (Print)9780190648077
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun-2019

Publication series

NameOxford library of psychology

Keywords

  • Team creativity
  • Social networks
  • Input
  • Process
  • Structure
  • Dynamics

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