Curhan, Jared R.; Labuzova, Tatiana; Mehta, Aditi - 2021
Long-standing wisdom holds that criticism is antithetical to effective brainstorming because it incites intragroup … creativity in brainstorming by fostering divergent thinking. Our paper reconciles these perspectives with new theory and a multi …-method investigation to explain when and why criticism promotes creativity in brainstorming. We propose that a cooperative social context …