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Reiter-Palmon https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8259-4516

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-5-2018

Publication Title

Frontiers in Psychology

Volume

9

Abstract

Although research on the benefits of problem construction within the creative process is expanding, research on team problem construction is limited. This study investigates the cognitive process of problem construction and identification at the team level through an experimental design. Furthermore, this study explores team social processes in relation to problem construction instructions. Using student teams solving a real-world problem, the results of this study revealed that teams that engaged in problem construction and identification generated more original ideas than teams that did not engage in such processes. Moreover, higher satisfaction and lower conflict was observed among groups that engaged in problem construction compared to groups that did not engage in problem construction. These findings highlight the utility of problem construction for teams engaging in creative problem-solving.

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This article was first published by Frontiers Media in Frontiers in Psychology on November 5, 2018 and can be accessed at https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02098

Copyright © 2018 Reiter-Palmon and Murugavel. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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