Does collectivism inhibit individual creativity? The effects of collectivism and perceived diversity on individual creativity and satisfaction in virtual ideation teams

Teng Ye; Lionel P. Robert

doi:10.1145/2998181.2998261

Does collectivism inhibit individual creativity? The effects of collectivism and perceived diversity on individual creativity and satisfaction in virtual ideation teams

Teng Ye, Lionel P. Robert

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Abstract

One particular problem CSCW and HCI scholars have sought to address through the design of collaborative systems is the issues associated with diversity and creativity. Diversity can promote creativity by exposing individuals to different perspectives and at the same time make it difficult for teams to leverage their differences to be more creative. This paper asserts that through the promotion of cooperation, collectivism will help ideation team members overcome the challenges associated with diversity and promote creativity. To examine this assertion, we conducted an experimental study involving 107 individuals in 33 idea-generation teams. Collectivism was promoted through priming. The results confirm our assertion: collectivism created conditions that facilitated creativity when teams were high in perceived diversity. Collectivism also facilitated more satisfaction among teammates by offsetting negative perceptions of diversity. These results offer new insights on collectivism, perceived diversity and creativity.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	CSCW 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	2344-2358
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450343350
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2998181.2998261
State	Published - Feb 25 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2017 - Portland, United States Duration: Feb 25 2017 → Mar 1 2017

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Name	Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW

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Other	2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	Portland
Period	2/25/17 → 3/1/17

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© 2017 ACM.

Keywords

Collaborative ideation
Collectivism
Creativity
Perceived diversity
Priming
Self-construal

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Ye, T., & Robert, L. P. (2017). Does collectivism inhibit individual creativity? The effects of collectivism and perceived diversity on individual creativity and satisfaction in virtual ideation teams. In CSCW 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (pp. 2344-2358). (Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/2998181.2998261

Does collectivism inhibit individual creativity? The effects of collectivism and perceived diversity on individual creativity and satisfaction in virtual ideation teams. / Ye, Teng; Robert, Lionel P.
CSCW 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. Association for Computing Machinery, 2017. p. 2344-2358 (Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Ye, T & Robert, LP 2017, Does collectivism inhibit individual creativity? The effects of collectivism and perceived diversity on individual creativity and satisfaction in virtual ideation teams. in CSCW 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 2344-2358, 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2017, Portland, United States, 2/25/17. https://doi.org/10.1145/2998181.2998261

Ye T, Robert LP. Does collectivism inhibit individual creativity? The effects of collectivism and perceived diversity on individual creativity and satisfaction in virtual ideation teams. In CSCW 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. Association for Computing Machinery. 2017. p. 2344-2358. (Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW). doi: 10.1145/2998181.2998261

Ye, Teng ; Robert, Lionel P. / Does collectivism inhibit individual creativity? The effects of collectivism and perceived diversity on individual creativity and satisfaction in virtual ideation teams. CSCW 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. Association for Computing Machinery, 2017. pp. 2344-2358 (Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW).

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