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G&OP RG Meeting 2019-2020: Workplace creativity

Semester

Semester 1, 2019-2020

Type of course

Theory-oriented Workshops

Date

October 3 and October 4, 2019

Location

University of Groningen, room to be announced.


Duration

2 days

Maximum number of participants

20

ECTS

1 EC will be appointed for participation in the complete course

Staff

Eric Rietzschel (RUG), Diana Rus (RUG), Jing Zhou (Rice University).

Content
Creativity and innovation have always been at the heart of social and organizational psychology. Recent years have seen a marked shift in emphasis of creativity research: beside studying the dynamic interplay of personal and contextual factors in people’s creative behaviors, researchers are increasongly addressing the consequences of creativity. In this workshop, prof. Jing Zhou, one of the foremost researchers in the area of organizational creativity and innovation, will present her work on organizational creativity, and give participants the opportunity to engage in a constructive exchange of ideas. 

Day 1: Person-Context Interactions in Creativity: Review and Redirection.  
On this first day, prof. Zhou will present an overview of her work on workplace creativity, and place this in the context of an integrated review. Specifically, she will discuss the importance of a more sophisticated approach to person-context interactions in creativity research, and propose a new typology for doing so. Participants are requested to read one or two key papers and to prepare some questions and ideas for further discussion. There will also be room for students presenting their work in this area.

Day 2: The Receiving Side of Creativity.
On this second day, prof. Zhou will go beyond the theoretical perspective of the first day, and address the important shift from ‘generative’ aspects of creativity (focusing on idea generation) to the receiving side (evaluation and adoption of creative ideas). In a multidisciplinary review, she will describe how insights and research from other scientific disciplines can help us develop a better understanding of workplace creativity. Students will be invited to discuss the possibilities for future research in small groups, both regarding their own projects and the broader fields of social and organizational psychology. All groups will briefly present their findings and ideas to the whole group.
 

Literature
-Zhou, J., & Hoever, I. J. (2014). Research on workplace creativity: A review and redirection. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 1, 333–359. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-031413-091226