WORKTIME AND CREATIVITY – THE MEDIATING ROLE OF PROBLEM STRUCTURING
Year: 2018
Editor: Elies Dekoninck, Andrew Wodehouse, Chris Snider, Georgi Georgiev, Gaetano Cascini
Author: Ori Ronen, Gabriela Goldschmidt, Miriam Erez
Series: ICDC
Section: ZIBALDONE
Page(s): 142-149
ISBN: 9781912254071
Abstract
The relationship between creative processes and problem structuring (PS - selfinterpretation of a problem while solving it) is often overlooked in research. We explored how PS affects the outcome’s creativity in the context of two problem types: open or closed presentation, and novelty or usefulness focus. 48 students and architects completed a preliminary design task. Analyses show how outcomes’ novelty and usefulness are positively affected by PS under certain conditions, and how worktime indirectly affects creativity through PS. The study offers new insights on the worktime-creativity positive relationship; it opens new directions towards a comprehensive understanding of PS and creativity; and it suggests how both PS and creativity may be promoted through proper time allocation.
Keywords: worktime, problem structuring, creativity