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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"individual creativity"”.
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Creativity in organizations: Antecedents and outcomes of individual creativity
… out to expand our collective understanding of creativity in organizations. I accomplish this through three related studies, each organized into independent chapters of this dissertation.</p> <p>The first study explores how demands of organizations, particularly strategic contradictions faced by …
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Towards a model of stimulants and obstacles to individual creativity in construction
… presented here is based on a review of general creativity, innovation andconstruction innovation literatures. A theoretical model of stimulants and obstacleswas developed from the literature review. The theoretical model was tested in fourcase studies with senior construction practitioners. The …
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Computers and creativity in the theatre
… the theatre as an expressive art and a place for individual creativity shapes’ the introduction of computers in the theatre. In a study of the development of computer usage in theatre, the issue of creativity must be addressed in order to fully understand technological implementation. In other …
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A multilevel investigation of the effect of task conflict on creative performance: focusing on the role of information sharing and team trust
… to understand the effect of task conflict on creativity, emphasizing the role of critical contingencies. For a team-level phenomenon, I argue that teams can harvest the benefits of task conflict when they engage in information and knowledge sharing activities and maintain high levels of trust …
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Talking through the text : Rakugo and the oral/literal interface
… by little structural complexity and individual creativity, and thus they possess an insignificant esthetic value. This study attempts to re-examine the validity of such traditional claims by examining the coexistence and interaction between orality and literacy in a Japanese …
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"Does Your Faith in God and Country Need a Boost?" Reflections of Idealism and Identity and the Art of Bill John Roth
… study concerned with the nature and process of creativity. The final product is not the only standard by which folk art should be judged. The ideas and thought processes behind the objects are what really contribute to the nature of the finished product. The purpose of this thesis is to use …
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Organizational Structure and the Creative Process
… in the arts, in science, and in life. In fact, creativity, innovation and the ability to adapt and change organizational structures in response to an increasingly fast-paced and competitive business environment are increasingly seen as essential for the success of many organizations. A current …
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An examination of the contribution of the ‘starting point approach’ (SPA) to primary design and technology
… point. The approach is intended to promote creativity and individual choice whilst being manageable for the teacher. Data were collected during a spa session taught to a group of 10-11 year old children in London. They were introduced to the pressure pad switch that was to be the starting …
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Vera o falsa riga dantesca del pensiero poetico leopardiano verso il termine dello Zibaldone
… of the self, of human imagination structuring individual creativity and of the sublime leap guiding and animating it.
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Examining the factors influencing organizational creativity in professional sport organizations
… sport organizations enhance or hinder creativity for many reasons. For example, teams operate essentially in an oligarchy (Wolfe, Wright & Smart, 2006). Additionally, professional sport industry tend to be isomorphic (O’Brien & Slack, 2004), hyper-traditional (Wolfe et al., 2006), or a …
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After the copy : creativity, originality and the labor of appropriation : Dafen Village, Shenzhen, China (1989-2010)
… art. This study examines the discourses of creativity, originality, and appropriation that frame Dafen's painting production, and sets them against an ethnography of flexible work in the South Chinese painting trade. It explores the myriad ways in which Dafen village lends itself to …
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Heteroglossia and ‘hagiography’: authorship, authorisation and the collective/ individual couplet in different every time and associated public works
… are novel in presenting Wyatt not as a lone individual of innate ‘genius’ but as multiply determined – and an exemplar of collective, rather than individual, creativity. Studying Wyatt’s career, then, sheds new light on the tension between the individual and the collective. Wyatt’s career is …
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A framework for extending visual brands to new products
… also leaving room for designers to express their individual creativity within a viable frame of reference. An experiment was conducted to assess the framework's performance and designers' attitudes towards it. In addition, designers' own practical approaches to the task were explored. An expert …
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A Historiography of Musical Historicism: The Case of Johannes Brahms
… that synthesized the past, the present, and his individual creativity. Combined with his connection to musicology, a blooming discipline and child of the historicism movement, his historicist practice and thinking continuously receive scholarly attention, especially in the twentieth century up …
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A Historiography of Musical Historicism: The Case of Johannes Brahms
… that synthesized the past, the present, and his individual creativity. Combined with his connection to musicology, a blooming discipline and child of the historicism movement, his historicist practice and thinking continuously receive scholarly attention, especially in the twentieth century up …
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The Creative Process: The Effects of Domain Specific Knowledge and Creative Thinking Techniques on Creativity
… for further analysis as their effect on creativity is unclear. These two factors are domain-specific knowledge and creative thinking techniques. The first of these factors relates to the first stage of the creative thinking process (problem definition), specifically the extent to which …
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Improving Services for Students with Disabilities at Community Colleges
… relationship focused communication, and individual creativity in teaching and communication strategies. Many of these strategies do not involve a large cost to the institution, but faculty and administrator training is needed to make better use of current campus resources. Conclusions …
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Investigations of Student and Team Creativity on an Introductory Engineering Design Project
… research focused on assessment of student creativity in engineering studies is lacking. Creativity by definition encompasses both novelty and value and has been approached through investigations of person, product, process and environment. Contemporary socio-cultural theories of creativity …
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Effects of Group Interactive Brainstorming on Creativity
… is often increased by enhancing or nurturing creativity.This experimental study investigated the effect of group verbally interactive brainstorming (social interaction) on creativity, not by comparing the number of ideas generated on a simple task in a brainstorming session, but by assessing …