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Table 1 Different Perspectives of Creativity Studies

From: Sources of scientific creativity: participant observation of a public research institute in Korea

Focal Point

Description

Creative outcomes

• Studies on the quality and the degree of the creative results

• Interested in measuring the novelty, usefulness, and attractiveness

Creative individuals

• Studies on the creative person

• Interested in the relationship between personality, age and intelligence

Creative process

• Studies on the development process of creativity

• Interested in the process of problem-solving, associations, convergent/divergent thinking

Creative environment

• Studies on the environmental factors influencing the creativity

• Interested in the institutional and administrative factors.