Enhancing creativity in group collaboration: How performance targets and feedback shape perceptions and idea generation performance

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 187-195

  Wang, Xuequn ^a   Schneider, Christoph ^b   Valacich, Joseph S ^c  

^a DONGBEI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated idea generation; Creativity; Human computer interaction; Performance feedback; Performance targets; Self determination theory

Indexed keywords

CREATIVITY; IDEA GENERATION; PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK; PERFORMANCE TARGETS; SELF-DETERMINATION THEORIES;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84911484058     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.02.017     Document Type: Article

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