Dean Keith Simonton

TL;DR: In this article, 20 scholars representing diverse lines of creativity research discuss a conceptual shift within the field and propose a set of propositions to guide our understanding of past research and to generate new directions of inquiry and practice.

TL;DR: The authors analyse des informations tirees de la biographie de 39 presidents des Etats-Unis renseigne sur les styles de leadership and les facteurs qui leur sont associes.

TL;DR: In this article, a model of individual differences in career development is proposed regarding the preparatory phase of a creative life and new predictions regarding the early childhood roots of adulthood creativity are proposed.

TL;DR: This paper argues that major contributors to a domain are more likely to have dispositional traits and developmental experiences most similar to those that prevail in a domain lower in the disciplinary hierarchy, however, some complications to this generalization suggest the need for more research on the proposed hierarchical model.

TL;DR: In this paper, a conceptual framework is introduced for interpreting individual differences in the developmental location of the first, best, and last contributions of a creative career, and eight hypotheses are offered that specify how the placement of the three landmarks over the life span should vary according to both individual differences (in age at career onset, lifetime productivity, and eminence) and interdisciplinary contrasts (resulting from the inherent cognitive requirements of each field).