From Creativity to Innovation: The Social Network Drivers of the Four Phases of the Idea Journey
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Frequently Asked Questions (11)
Q2. What does Sosa say about strong ties?
Sosa (2011) suggests that strong ties have a positive impact on creativity, because they increase support and motivation to share ideas.
Q3. What is the premise behind the argument that strong ties are critical for championing?
The premise behind the argument that strong ties are critical for championing is that friends have more social influence over friends (Krackhardt, 1992).
Q4. What is the effect of rewards on the creation of an idea?
It may be that rewards negatively affect generation, as the reward may detract from the cognitive generation process, but rewards may be beneficial during the elaboration phase, when a creator is at risk of abandoning the idea.
Q5. What is the importance of changing frames for creative problem solving?
Although the importance of changing frames for creative problem solving has been acknowledged (Mumford, Mobley, Reiter‐Palmon, Uhlman, & Doares, 1991; Reiter-Palmon, Mumford, O’ Connor, & Runco, 1997), their application to social networks extends its importance beyond generating novel solutions.
Q6. What are some aspects of strong ties that facilitate understanding of an idea?
Some aspects of strong ties may facilitate understanding of an idea, as they favor value recognition (Friedkin, 1980), creation of a common language (Tortoriello & Krackhardt, 2010), and the development of heuristics and shared meaning (Uzzi, 1997).
Q7. What is the important determinant of a group’s ability to produce innovative outcomes?
In a meta-analytic study, Hülsheger, Anderson, and Salgado (2009) find that shared vision is the most important determinant of a group’s ability to produce innovative outcomes.
Q8. what is the way to predict the optimal tie strength and structure fornovel ideas?
The standard logic commonly used to predict the optimal tie strength and structure fornovel ideas can be summarized as follows: tie strength and structures that provide access to nonredundant knowledge content facilitate recombination and, ultimately, creativity (see Perry-Smith & Mannucci, 2015, and Phelps et al., 2012, for reviews).
Q9. What does the paper suggest that is more beneficial in certain phases?
while the authors suggest that dyadic tie strength and structure are more beneficial in certain phases, this does not mean that the non-primary network characteristic can never be beneficial.
Q10. What does the author suggest that can be resolved?
The authors suggest that these contradictions can be resolved if the creator activates different parts of his or her network in different phases, and that this depends on his or her ability to change interpretations and frames across phases.
Q11. What is the definition of a locus of control?
When a creator assumes that he or she is driving and controlling a given event, he or she is said to adopt an internal locus of control as opposed to the assumption that overall performance and control resides outside the creator, the so-called external locus of control (e.g., Ferree & Miller, 1985; Klandermans, 1984; Snow, et al., 1986).