Author ORCID Identifier
Reiter-Palmon https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8259-4516
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-31-2017
Publication Title
Journal of the Midwest Association for Information Systems
Volume
2017
Issue
1
First Page
19
Last Page
33
Abstract
Organizations increasingly rely on technology-supported teams to solve problems creatively or design new products and services. To support such efforts, an extensive body of research on creativity has been developed. However, most research to date focuses on individual creativity, rather than on team creativity. This paper introduces the Team Creativity Model (TCM) to understand the antecedents of team creativity. TCM posits that both individual creativity and shared mental models (SSMs) contribute to team creativity. SMMs act as a mediator between knowledge sharing and team creativity. Antecedents to individual creativity include an individual’s propensity to be creative and individual knowledge. Individual knowledge also is an antecedent to knowledge sharing, as are an individual’s propensity to share knowledge and trust within the team. In an exploratory study at a telecom company, a team of design experts participating in four creative sessions provided initial support for the TCM constructs and their relationships. The findings suggest that further exploratory and empirical research on TCM is justified. Implications for research and practice are presented.
Recommended Citation
de Vreede, Triparna; Boughzala, Imed; de Vreede, Gert-Jan; and Reiter-Palmon, Roni (2017) "The Team Creativity Model: An Exploratory Case Study," Journal of the Midwest Association for Information Systems (JMWAIS): Vol. 2017 : Iss. 1. Available at: https://aisel.aisnet.org/jmwais/vol2017/iss1/4
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Copyright © 2017 by Triparna de Vreede, Imed Boughzala, GJ de Vreede, Roni Reiter-Palmon