Creativity at Work

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxvii

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2. Brilliant and Benevolent: The Optimism of Teresa Amabile’s Legacy for Creativity in Organizations

   • Justin M. Berg

   Pages 1-8

3. An Inspiration to Study Inspiration

   • Regina Conti, Brynn April

   Pages 9-19

4. The Social Psychology of Creativity Skills: A Reconceptualization of the Componential Model

   • Johnathan Cromwell

   Pages 21-33

5. A Winding Road: Teresa Amabile and Creative Process Research

   • Colin M. Fisher, Poornika Ananth, Ozumcan Demir Caliskan

   Pages 35-46

6. Teresa M. Amabile: Thought Leadership in Organizational Creativity Research

   • Lucy L. Gilson

   Pages 47-52

7. Memes, Meaning, and Creativity: A “Found” Interpretation of 5 Decades of Teresa Amabile’s Research

   • Spencer Harrison

   Pages 53-61

8. So Much More Than a Graduate School Mentor!

   • Beth A. Hennessey

   Pages 63-74

9. Going Back to the Drawing Board Until the Foundation of Creative Work Is Sound

   • Giovanni B. Moneta

   Pages 75-88

10. Toward (Eventually) Expanding the Componential Model: Integrating Theory on the Bias Against Creativity

    • Jennifer S. Mueller

    Pages 89-97

11. Local Safety Versus Global Risk: Models of the Creative Work Environment

    • Michael D. Mumford, Mark W. Fichtel

    Pages 99-107

12. Reflections on the Impact of Teresa Amabile on the Development of the Field of Group Creativity

    • Paul B. Paulus

    Pages 109-119

13. An Intellectual Journey: The Path from Creativity in Context to a Social Network Perspective of Creativity

    • Jill Perry-Smith

    Pages 121-129

14. Meaningful Work and Creativity: Mapping Out a Way Forward

    • Greg Fetzer, Michael G. Pratt

    Pages 131-142

15. Polarities in Creativity: Revisiting Amabile’s Componential Model

    • Gerard J. Puccio

    Pages 143-155

16. The Consensual Assessment Technique: Refinement and Further Development

    • Roni Reiter-Palmon

    Pages 157-165

17. A Hobby Out of Control: Festschrift for Teresa Amabile

    • Mark A. Runco

    Pages 167-178

18. The Importance of the Componential Model of Creativity

    • Christina E. Shalley

    Pages 179-184

19. The Two Social Psychologies of Creativity: From Historiometric to Experimental (and the Latter to Stay)

    • Dean Keith Simonton

    Pages 185-190

20. The Legacy of Inner Work Life in the Progress Principle

    • Jeff Steiner

    Pages 191-201

This book brings together leading scholars in the field of creativity to provide an overview and examination of the work of Teresa Amabile, a pioneer of research on organizational creativity. The authors explore Dr. Amabile’s contributions to the modern study of creativity in organizations and her influence on current research. Further, they also reflect on how her work might be used to advance future research, particularly in the areas of componential theory and its extension as well as the consensual assessment technique. The contributors include both eminent and emerging scholars and their diverse backgrounds can be seen to reflect the breadth of the impact of Teresa Amabile’s work across the areas of the social psychology of creativity, creativity measurement, and application of this knowledge to understanding creativity and innovation in the workplace. 


This book will provide an invaluable resource to students and scholars of social psychology, creativity studies, industrial and organizational psychology, business and management.

• organizational creativity
• Teresa Amabile
• creativity studies
• Intrinsic motivation
• creative climate
• social psychology of creativity
• componential model of creativity
• consensual assessment technique (CAT)
• collaborative creativity
• employee creativity
• social network perspective
• Funnel Model of Creativity
• leadership
• creative process
• organizational behavior

• Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska, Omaha, USA

  Roni Reiter-Palmon

• School of Management, University College London, London, UK

  Colin M. Fisher

• School of Business, University of San Diego, San Diego, USA

  Jennifer S. Mueller

Roni Reiter-Palmon is Professor of Industrial and Organizational (I/O) Psychology, and Director of Innovation at the Center for Collaboration Science at the University of Nebraska, Omaha, USA. She is also the Series Editor of Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Innovation in Organizations.


Colin M. Fisher is Associate Professor of Organisations and Innovation at University College London, UK. His research deals with leading, helping, and coaching teams and individuals in situations requiring collective creativity, improvisation, and effective decision-making, with a focus on how temporal issues shape group processes and outcomes. 


Jennifer S. Mueller is Associate Professor of Management at the University of San Diego, USA. Her research examines implicit beliefs that harm effective collaboration, assessments of leadership potential, as well as the recognition of creative ideas.

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