Research Articles

A variety of resources regarding creativity, innovation and problem solving are available from a great number of sources. In this section we have tried to compile some of this information for you in a manageable space. You will find many free downloads when you click on any one of the selected topics to the left. There is also a catalog with purchasing options for works by CPSB and our associates in our products section. We hope you find these resources of assistance in your professional or scholarly work.

Topics:

Learning and Applying Creative Problem Solving
Understanding Styles of Problem Solving
Creating a Climate for Innovation
Promoting Creativity Research

 

Learning and Applying Creative Problem Solving
This section provides selected and published articles and chapters related to training and facilitating Creative Problem Solving. Scroll down to view the full list of articles and papers available.
Toward a model for the facilitation of creative problem solving. (An article by Isaksen published in the Journal of Creative Behavior that outlines a model for the effective facilitation of CPS)
Planning curriculum for creative thinking and problem solving. (An article by Isaksen and Parnes published in the Journal of Creative Behavior that reports Isaksen's doctoral study on effective planning practices for learning and applying CPS)
Theoretical perspectives on creative learning and its facilitation: An overview. (An article by Treffinger, Isaksen and Firestien published in the Journal of Creative Behavior that provides an overview of the conceptual foundations of CPS)
Transforming dreams into reality: The power of Creative Problem Solving. (A chapter by Isaksen published in Teaching for talent development: Current and expanding perspectives that provides support for the application of CPS)
Utilizing human factors for innovative problem solving. (A chapter by Isaksen published in The handbook for creative and innovative managers that outlines some of the factors for the effective application of CPS)
Facilitating creative problem solving. (A chapter by Isaksen published in Readings in Innovation that outlines key factors for the productive facilitation of CPS)
An inquiry into cross-cultural creativity training: Results from a five-week study tour in Bergen and Bratislava. (A chapter by Isaksen and Dorval published in Discovering creativity that summarizes some key findings from cross-cultural training of CPS)
Celebrating 50 years of reflective practice: Versions of creative problem solving. (An article by Isaksen and Treffinger published in the Journal of Creative Behavior that summarizes the many stages of development of the current version of CPS)
On the conceptual foundations of creative problem solving: A response to Magyari-Beck. (An article by Isaksen published in the Creativity and Innovation Management Journal that provides an overview of the conceptual foundations of CPS)
CPS: Linking creativity and problem solving. (A chapter by Isaksen published in Problem Solving and congitive processes that outlines the relationship of creativity to problem solving)
A re-examination of brainstorming research: Implications for research and practice. (An article by Isaksen and Gaulin published in The Gifted Child Quarterly that reviews previous brainstorming research and points out the importance of the facilitator's role)
Creative Problem Solving: History, development, and implications for gifted education and talent development. (An article by Treffinger and Isaksen published in The Gifted Child Quarterly that summarizes the 50 years of research and development on CPS and points out some educational implications)
The Creative Studies Project (A chapter from Frontiers in Creativity Research by Sidney J. Parnes summarizing the results from an experimental study on the ability to teach creativity skills)
Teaching for Creativity. (A chapter from Frontiers in Creativity Research by E. Paul Torrance summarizing the research on the ability to teach creative thinking)

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Understanding Styles of Problem Solving
This section provides selected and published articles and chapters related to the Cognitive Styles Project. Scroll down to view the full list of articles and papers available.
Adaption-innovation and the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking: The level-style issue revisited. (A study by Isaksen and Puccio published in Psychological Reports that explores the relationship between the KAI as a measure of style and the TTCT as a measure of level of creaivity)
Defining and assessing problem-solving style: Design and development of a new tool. (An article by Selby, Treffinger, Isaksen and Lauer published in The Journal of Creative Behavior that presents VIEW: An Assessment of Problem Solving Style)
Mode of symbolic representation and cognitive style. (A study by Isaksen, Dorval, and Kaufmann published in Imagination, Cognition and Personality that explores the level-style issue within the context of imagery research)
Toward an improved understanding of creativity within people: The level-style distinction. (A chapter by Isaksen and Dorval published in Understanding and recognizing creativity: The emergence of a discipline)
An examination of the relationship between personality type and cognitive style. (An article by Isaksen, Lauer and Wilson published in the Creativity Research Journal that examines the conceptual and empirical overlap between the MBTI and KAI)
Cognitive styles in creative leadership practices: Exploring the relationship between level and style. (An article by Isaksen, Babij and Lauer published in Psychological Reports that examines the relationship between the KAI and LPI)
The progress and potential of the creativity level - style distinction: Implications for research and practice. (A chapter by Isaksen published in Creativity and problem solving in the context of business management that summarizes the Cognitive Styles Project)
Exploring the relationships between an assessment of problem solving style and creative problem solving. (An article by Isaksen and Geuens publishedin The Korean Journal of Thinking and Problem Solving that explores the use of VIEW in understanding the learning and application of CPS)
The Gregorc Style Delineator: Internal consistency and its relationship to Kirton's Adaptive-Innovative Distinction. (An article by Joniak and Isaksen published in Educational and Psychological Measurement that explores the KAI and Style Delineator for use in the Cognitive Style Project)
Creativity training and the stability and internal consistency of the Kirton Adaptive-Innovation Inventory. (An article by Murdock, Isaksen and Lauer published in Psychological Reports that demonstrates the stability of style even with deliberate training in CPS)
Testing the Glass Ceiling effect on gender differences in upper level management: The case of innovator orientation. (An article by Kauffman, Isaksen and Lauer published in the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology that examines level in the organization in relation to KAI)
Use of the Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory with middle school students. (An article by Selby, Treffinger, Isaksen and Powers published in the Journal of Creative Behavior that reports the decrease in stability when using the KAI with younger respondents)

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Creating a Climate for Innovation
This section provides selected and published articles and chapters about the Situational Outlook Questionnaire. Scroll down to view the full list of articles and papers available.
Adaptors and innovators: A discriminant analysis of the preceptions of the psychological climate for creativity. (An article by Isaksen and Kaufmann published in Studia Psychologica: The Journal for Basic Research in Psychological Sciences that explores the relationship between the KAI and the SOQ)
Situational Outlook Questionnaire: A measure of the climate for creativity and change. (An article by Isaksen, Lauer and Ekvall published in Psychological Reports describing the psychometric properties of the SOQ)
Relationship between cognititve style and individual psychological climate: Reflections on a previous study. (An article by Isaksen and Lauer published in Studia Psychologica: The Journal for Basic Research in Psychological Sciences that further explores the relationship between the KAI and the SOQ)
Perceptions of the best and worst climates for creativity: Preliminary validation evidence for the Situational Outlook Questionnaire. (An article by Isaksen, Lauer, Ekvall and Britz published in the Creativity Research Journal that provides some evidence of validity for the SOQ)
Convergent validity of the Situational Outlook Questionnaire: Discriminating levels of perceived support for creativity. (An article by Isaksen and Lauer published in the North American Journal of Psychology that provides some additional evidence for the validity of the SOQ)
The climate for creativity and change in teams. (An article by Isaksen and Lauer published in the Creativity and Innovation Management Journal that illustrates the ability of the SOQ to discriminate between most and least creative team experiences)
The climate for transformation: Lessons for leaders. (An article by Isaksen published in the Creativity and Innovation Management Journal that summarizes three cases where the SOQ was used to help transform the climate and business results)
The Situational Outlook Questionnaire: Assessing context for change. (An article by Isaksen published in Psychological Reports that reports the psychometric properties of the SOQ)

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Promoting Creativity Research
This section provides selected and published articles and chapters related to taking an ecological approach to creativity research. Scroll down to view the full list of articles and papers available.
Creativity Research: Past, Present and Future. (A chapter from Frontiers in Creativity Research by J. P. Guilford summarizing forty years of research on identifying creative abilities)
Some Critical Issues for Future Research on Creativity. (A chapter from Frontiers in Creativity Research by Donald W. MacKinnon summarizing major findings and future issues for future research)
A proposed model for the formulation of creativity research: An updated rationale for creative learning. (An article by Isaksen, Stein, Hills and Gryskiewicz published in the Journal of Creative Behavior that proposes a more ecological approach to creativity research)
Educational implications of creativity research: An updated rationale for creative learning. (A chapter by Isaksen published in Innovation: A cross-disciplinary perspective that supports further creativity research)
Innovative problem solving in groups: New methods and research opportunities. (A chapter by Isaksen published in New direction creative and innovative management: Bridging theory and practice that highlights new creativity research possibilities)
The outlook for the study of creativity: An emerging discipline? (An article by Isaksen and Murdock published in Studia Psychologica: The Journal for Basic Research in Psychological Sciences that supports future creativity inquiry)
An ecological approach to creativity research: Profiling for creative problem solving. (An article by Isaksen, Puccio and Treffinger published in the Journal of Creative Behavior that promotes and specifies taking an ecological or interactionist approach to creativity research)

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