Playing at work: professionals' conceptions of the functions of play on organizational creativity
(2013) In The International Journal of Creativity & Problem Solving 23(2). p.5-23- Abstract
- The notions of creativity consultants on how play promotes workplace creativity was investigated. Play is often used by creativity trainers to promote creative performance. Seventeen experienced professionals were interviewed. The informants considered play to facilitate group creativity by increasing openness, intrinsic motivation and collaboration. Play was encouraged by permission to play, that leaders demonstrated playfulness, a certain degree of structure and that the activity was matched to the group. Play was discouraged by a stressful, fun-phobic organization and when play was non-voluntary. The use of competition and seriousness in play was controversial.
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- author
- West, Samuel LU ; Hoff, Eva LU and Carlsson, Ingegerd LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2013
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- play, playfulness, innovation, organizational creativity, creativity training
- in
- The International Journal of Creativity & Problem Solving
- volume
- 23
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 5 - 23
- publisher
- The Korean Association for Thinking Development
- ISSN
- 1598-723X
- language
- English
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- yes
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- 05d008ee-7921-4bfb-8876-4a76b67c46ce (old id 3044942)
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