The Impact of Creativity, Flow and Interaction Quality on Collaborative Design Solutions in Social Groups
Authors: Bengt Köping Olsson, László Harmat
Issue: 2022, Vol. 8
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of intragroup performance in relation to produced outcome during a collaborative and interdependent creative problem-solving task. The social dimensions of flow experiences and creativity influence group members’ perception of social interaction have significant impact on the group's produced outcome. Twelve social groups of a total of sixty-two participants took part in an experiment consisting of two tasks generating qualitative data and two questionnaires measuring the experience of state flow and the perceived synchronization of social interactions. Group members autotelic experience predict the level of group interaction quality. It is important that facilitators encourage creative initiatives and enable conversations on task completion to increase the level of interaction quality, groups creativity capabilities and outcome functionality.
Keywords: creative capability; synchronized interactions; flow experience; intragroup performance; creative problem solving; interaction quality
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Authors: Bengt Köping Olsson, László Harmat
Issue: 2022, Vol. 8
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of intragroup performance in relation to produced outcome during a collaborative and interdependent creative problem-solving task. The social dimensions of flow experiences and creativity influence group members’ perception of social interaction have significant impact on the group's produced outcome. Twelve social groups of a total of sixty-two participants took part in an experiment consisting of two tasks generating qualitative data and two questionnaires measuring the experience of state flow and the perceived synchronization of social interactions. Group members autotelic experience predict the level of group interaction quality. It is important that facilitators encourage creative initiatives and enable conversations on task completion to increase the level of interaction quality, groups creativity capabilities and outcome functionality.
Keywords: creative capability; synchronized interactions; flow experience; intragroup performance; creative problem solving; interaction quality
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