Analyzing Creativity: A Literature Review on Theories and Research

This literature review explores various theories and concepts related to creativity. It begins by examining two traditions: one viewing creativity as a natural process of change and the other linking it to divine creation. The review then discusses the practicality of creative thinking, highlighting its importance beyond artistic endeavors. It presents Sternberg's triangular theory of creativity, which emphasizes challenging existing concepts. Furthermore, the review addresses team creativity and innovation in organizations, noting the impact of technology, globalization, and team dynamics. It also explores the relationship between intelligence and creativity, suggesting they are more connected than previously thought. The role of creativity in engineering is examined, focusing on generating novel solutions. Finally, the review touches on the influence of leadership styles and school environments on employee and teacher creativity. Desklib provides access to this document and other solved assignments.

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Still, A., & d’Inverno, M. (2016, June). A history of creativity for future AI research. In
Title: Proceedings of the 7th Computational Creativity Conference (ICCC 2016).
Universite Pierre et Marie Curie.
Creativity is one of the most demanding topic in the growing years. According to the
above mentioned journal there two traditions that are followed in the field of creative activity.
The first concept originated from the word, “creare” that has been stated as a natural process
that is intended to bring a change. The other concept deals with the use of Jerome that refers
to the creation of the world by God from the ides which is held to be creative. These two
traditions are underlined in order to understand the confusions related to the concept of
creativity.
De Bono, E. (2015). Serious Creativity: How to be creative under pressure and turn
ideas into action. Random House.
The critical thinking method of the author in the above mentioned article opines the
fact that thinking in a creative manner provides practicality. The people who are creative are
not just considered to be “arty”. They are considered to be creative in demand. Thinking
creative is a liberal aspect. It is far from being mysterious. This is the reason it is seen as a
formal concept.
Sternberg, R. J. (2018). A triangular theory of creativity. Psychology of aesthetics,
creativity, and the arts, 12(1), 50.
The above article presents the triangular theory of creativity. This theory builds upon
2 other accounts that has been recorded earlier. This is commonly referred to as a 3-facet
model of creativity and an investment theory of creativity. According to this theory, the
individuals who are creative challenges a particular concept and at the same time they

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challenge an existing concept that is prevalent among the crowd. This concept can be any
particular belief.
Reiter-Palmon, R. (Ed.). (2017). Team Creativity and Innovation. Oxford University
Press.
The article consists of the fact that the organizations in the past years have focused on
the concept of creativity and innovation. The teams that prevails in the organizations have
been taken into consideration in the article. The teams are looked upon as a counterpart where
every individuals performs in a creative manner. The article consists of a research that has
been done on the individual creativity that might affect the production of a particular team. At
the end of the research it has been found that there are multiple reasons of the emergence of
team creativity and innovation. Some of them are the changes in the technology, increasing
globalization, the additional performance of the teams and the adoption of the creative idea
by the team.
Silvia, P. J. (2015). Intelligence and creativity are pretty similar after all. Educational
Psychology Review, 27(4), 599-606.
This article consists of the history of thought on the different ideas, intelligence and
creativity. It further explains the importance of this two differences on the process of teaching
and learning. Earlier these two concepts were seen as unrelated concepts but in the recent
studies it has been seen as a related concept. The connection between these two concepts
offer the scope for a more fertile conception of both intelligence and creativity.
Cropley, D. H. (2016). Creativity in engineering. In Multidisciplinary Contributions to
the Science of Creative Thinking (pp. 155-173). Springer, Singapore.
Creativity is an important concept in the field of engineering. It is concerned with the
generation of effective, novel solutions to the problems. Creativity in this field is related to

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the technological solutions. This article is designed to understand the way creativity is
fostered so that the organizations of the engineering can expand their capacity of innovation.
Henker, N., Sonnentag, S., & Unger, D. (2015). Transformational leadership and
employee creativity: the mediating role of promotion focus and creative process
engagement. Journal of Business and Psychology, 30(2), 235-247.
The article concentrates on the process of mediation model. It consists of the fact that
there is a relation between the style of leadership and employee creativity. It arbitrate the
relationship between the promotion focus and the creativity of the employees.
Fidan, T., & Oztürk, I. (2015). The relationship of the creativity of public and private
school teachers to their intrinsic motivation and the school climate for
innovation. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 195, 905-914.
The creative factor is related to the output of the organization that consists of the
benefits of the creative ideas, the significant innovations and satisfaction of the employees.
The new ideas increases the motivation to work among the employees. The article consists of
the fact that the private school teachers are more motivated and creative than the public
school teachers as the private school teachers practice innovative ways of teaching.

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References
De Bono, E. (2015). Serious Creativity: How to be creative under pressure and turn ideas into
action. Random House.
Fidan, T., & Oztürk, I. (2015). The relationship of the creativity of public and private school
teachers to their intrinsic motivation and the school climate for innovation. Procedia-
Social and Behavioral Sciences, 195, 905-914.
Henker, N., Sonnentag, S., & Unger, D. (2015). Transformational leadership and employee
creativity: the mediating role of promotion focus and creative process engagement.
Journal of Business and Psychology, 30(2), 235-247.
Reiter-Palmon, R. (Ed.). (2017). Team Creativity and Innovation. Oxford University Press.
Silvia, P. J. (2015). Intelligence and creativity are pretty similar after all. Educational
Psychology Review, 27(4), 599-606.
Sternberg, R. J. (2018). A triangular theory of creativity. Psychology of aesthetics, creativity,
and the arts, 12(1), 50.
Still, A., & d’Inverno, M. (2016, June). A history of creativity for future AI research. In Title:
Proceedings of the 7th Computational Creativity Conference (ICCC 2016). Universite
Pierre et Marie Curie.