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So You've Had the 'Ah Ha' Moment, Now What? Sustaining Organizational Creativity

McKersie, Sara
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1520525679202427

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2018, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, Psychology/Industrial-Organizational.
This dissertation addressed two key areas within the creativity literature: how we conceptualize and subsequently measure creativity and how creativity is (or is not) sustained over time. Data was collected at three time points from 394 full-time employees using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. Results indicated that incremental creativity and radical creativity are two distinct constructs and can both be sustained over time. Specifically, intrinsic motivation was found to have a reciprocal positive relationship with both incremental and radical creativity over time. Results also indicated that employees who participate in incremental creativity may experience creativity fatigue, however creativity fatigue is not related to a reduction in incremental creativity in the future. These results provide support for measuring creativity from a more specific lens, and provide a foundation for researchers to continue to explore the contextual and individual factors that affect creativity over time. Future research directions and practical implications are discussed.
Russell Matthews, PhD (Advisor)
Dawn Anderson, PhD (Committee Member)
Clare Barratt , PhD (Committee Member)
Carolyn Tompsett, PhD (Committee Member)
95 p.
Psychology
psychology; creativity; over time; incremental; radical

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  • McKersie, S. (2018). So You've Had the 'Ah Ha' Moment, Now What? Sustaining Organizational Creativity [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1520525679202427

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McKersie, Sara. So You've Had the 'Ah Ha' Moment, Now What? Sustaining Organizational Creativity. 2018. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1520525679202427.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McKersie, Sara. "So You've Had the 'Ah Ha' Moment, Now What? Sustaining Organizational Creativity." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1520525679202427

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