Causal relationships in creative problem solving: Comparing facilitation interventions for ideation

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 167-198

  Santanen, Eric L ^a   Briggs, Robert O ^b   De Vreede, Gert Jan ^c  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstorming; Cognitive models; Creativity; Facilitation; Group problem solving; Group support systems; Idea generation; Ideation; ThinkLets

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

BRAINSTORMING; COGNITIVE MODELS; CREATIVITY; GROUP PROBLEM SOLVING; GROUP SUPPORT SYSTEMS; IDEA GENERATION;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 3142710929     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.2004.11045783     Document Type: Article

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