The Effects of Performance Incentives and Creativity Training on Creative Problem-Solving Performance

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kun Huo
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Creative Problem Solving ◽  
Performance Incentives ◽  
Creativity Training ◽  
Creative Problem

Performance Incentives, Divergent Thinking Training, and Creative Problem Solving

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-176
Author(s):  
Kun Huo
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Divergent Thinking ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Creative Problem Solving ◽  
Convergent Thinking ◽  
Performance Incentives ◽  
Incentive Schemes ◽  
Piece Rate ◽  
Divergent And Convergent Thinking ◽  
Creative Problem

ABSTRACT Creativity theory suggests that effective solutions to creative problems depend on both divergent and convergent thinking (Cropley 2006). Using an experiment in which participants solve insight problems, I investigate the effect of incentive schemes on creative problem-solving performance. I find that both piece-rate pay and a flat wage plus public recognition generate higher performance with divergent thinking training than without. Consistent with the idea that incentives may promote more convergent thinking than divergent thinking, piece-rate pay generates lower creative problem-solving performance than the flat wage in the absence of divergent thinking training (flat wage plus recognition has a neutral effect). The study suggests that when employee performance depends on creative problem solving, firms should implement incentive schemes and/or control systems that promote both divergent and convergent thinking.

scholarly journals Classical Guitar Study as Creativity Training: Potential Benefits for Managers and Entrepreneurs

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Jonathan Gangi
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Divergent Thinking ◽  
Business Success ◽  
Classical Guitar ◽  
Creative Problem Solving ◽  
Training Tool ◽  
Creativity Training ◽  
Innovative Thinking ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Creative Problem

Divergent thinking ability, as an aspect of creativity, seems valuable to managers and entrepreneurs as they employ the tools of creative problem-solving and innovative thinking in pursuit of business success. Musical study in general, and classical guitar study to a greater degree, has the potential to improve divergent thinking and creative problem-solving abilities. As such, I suggest that utilizing classical guitar study as a creativity training tool may benefit entrepreneurs and managers within a variety of industries.

Thinking Can Cause Forgetting: Memory Dynamics in Creative Problem Solving

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin C. Storm ◽  
Genna Angello ◽  
Elizabeth Ligon Bjork
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Creative Problem Solving ◽  
Creative Problem

İNSAN KAYNAKLARI YÖNETİCİLERİNİN LİDERLİK TARZI, YARATICI PROBLEM ÇÖZME KAPASİTESİ VE KARİYER TATMİNİ ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİLERİN ARAŞTIRILMASI: AMPİRİK BİR ÇALIŞMA

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hüseyin YILMAZ
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Career Satisfaction ◽  
Leadership Behavior ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Creative Problem Solving ◽  
Democratic Leadership ◽  
Creative Problem ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this study is the creative problem-solving capacity of the organization with leadership behaviors of human resources managers and employees to examine the relationship between career satisfaction and is tested empirically. Research within the scope of the required data structured questionnaire method, operating in the province of Aydin was obtained from 130 employees working in five star hotels. Democratic leadership style according to the factor analysis, easygoing, participants converter, and releasing autocratic leadership dimensions were determined. According to the analysis, the dependent variable with a significant level of research and positive leadership style has been determined that no relationships. Regression analysis revealed that the leadership of the relationship with the creative problem-solving capacity of democratic leadership in style when found to be stronger than other leadership styles, while the variable describing the career of the employee satisfaction level of the maximum it was concluded that the creative problem-solving capacity of the organization. Research in the context of human resources on the very important for organizations, leadership behavior, creative problem-solving capacity and career satisfaction studies analyzing the relationships between variables it seems to be quite limited. The discovery by analyzing the relationship between the aforementioned variables, can make significant contributions to knowledge in the literature and are expected to form the basis for future research.

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