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Teresa Amabile’s groundbreaking work on the social perspective of creativity provided inspiration to those interested in investigating group influences on creativity. The subsequent empirical and theoretical developments in that field are quite consistent with the componential model of creativity. This chapter highlights these connections and directions for future research.
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Paulus, P.B. (2020). Reflections on the Impact of Teresa Amabile on the Development of the Field of Group Creativity. In: Reiter-Palmon, R., Fisher, C.M., Mueller, J.S. (eds) Creativity at Work. Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Innovation in Organizations. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61311-2_11
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