Creativity among Information Technology Professionals in Thailand
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Information Technology Managers Information Technology Officers Creativity Traits and Abilities
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This study examined creativity among IT professionals employed in organizations in Thailand. Using a theoretical basis for creativity derived from neuroscience and represented by 20 creative traits/abilities data was collected by questionnaire from samples of 187 IT Managers and 206 IT Officers. For each of the traits/abilities it is hypothesized that IT Managers consider it to be significantly important as a characteristic of IT Officers employed in the organizations and for the IT Officers it is hypothesized that each trait/ability is significantly evident in their behavior. The findings confirm that IT Managers consider these traits/abilities to be significantly important and that they are evident to a significant extent in the behaviors of IT Officers. In general these findings are supported for males and females in both groups. However, differences between males and females in both groups are described. Traits/abilities where the importance assigned by IT Managers is not matched by the behaviors of IT Officers are identified and are incorporated in a discussion of the practical implications of the findings and ideas for further studies.
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Fillis, I. & McAuley, A. (2000) Modeling and Measuring Creativity at The Interface. Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice 8(2), 8-17.
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Hahn, M. H., Lee, K. C. & Jo, N. Y. (2013) Scenario-Based Management of Individual Creativity. Computers in Human Behavior, 1-11.
Horng, J. S., Liu, C. H., Chou, S. F. & Tsai, C. Y. (2013) Creativity as a Critical Criterion for Future Restaurant Space Design: Developing a Novel Model with DEMATEL Application. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 33, 96-105.
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Johnston, L. B. (2009) Critical Thinking and Creativity in a Social Work Diversity Course: Challenging Students to “Think Outside the Box”. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 19, 646-656.
Kamya, M. T., Ntayi, J. M. & Ahiauzu, A. (2011) Organisational Learning and Competitive Advantage: Testing for the Interacting Influence of Knowledge Management and Innovation. International Journal of Innovation and Learning, 10(4).
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Perez-Luno, A., Gopalakrishnan, S. & Cabrera, R. V. (2014) Innovation and Performance: The Role of Environmental Dynamism on the Success of Innovation Choices. Engineering Mangement Journal 61(3), 499-510.
Perkly, C. W. (1910) An Experimental Study of Imagination. The American Journal of Psychology, 21, 422-452.
Perry-Smith, J. E. & Coff, R. W. (2011) In the Mood for Entrepreneurial Creativity? How Optimal Group Affect Differs for Generating and Selecting Ideas for New Ventures. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 5, 247-268.
Plsek, P. E. (1997) Creativity, Innovation and Quality, 1st ed., Wisconsin: American Society For Quality.
Rudell, J. (2013) Re-reading Fichte’s Science of Knowledge after Castoriadis: The Anthropological Imagination and The Radical Imagery. Thesis Eleven, 119(1), 3-21.
Runco, M. A., Millar, G., Acar, S. & Cramond, B. (2010) Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking as Predictors of Personal and Public Achievement: A Fifty-Year Follow-Up. Creativity Research Journal 22(4), 361-368.
Sameen, S. & Burhan, M. (2014) Creativity and Its Link with Personality Tyoe A/B in Students. Journal of Business Study Quarterly 6(1), 156-166.
Sawyer, K. (2011) The Cognitive Neuroscience of Creativity: A Critical Review. Creativity Research Journal 23(2), 137-154.
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Toole, T. M., Hallowell, M. & Chinowsky, P. (2013) A Tool for Enhancing Innovation in Construction Organization. The Engineering Project Organization Journal 3(1), 32-50.
Tuominen, M. & Hyvönen, S. (2004) Organizational Innovation Capability: A Driver for Competitive Superiority in Marketing Channels. The International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research 14(3),277-293.
Vadrot, A. B. (2011) Innovation - Not Just a Technical and Economic Problem! The European Journal of Social Science Research, 24, 1-5.
Van De Mortel, T. (2008) Faking It: Social Desirability Response Bias in Self-report Research. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing 25(4), 40-48.
Wang, C. H., Armstrong, J. & Wu, T. Y. (2012) Children’s Poem Writing (CPW) for Learning about Children’s Poetry and Developing Creativity and Imagination. The International Journal of Learning 18(4), 29-47.
Weerawardena, J. & Sullivan-mort, G. (2001) Learning, Innovation and Competitive Advantage in Not-for-Profit Aged Care Marketing: A Conceptual Model and Research Propositions. Journal of Nonprofit and Public Sector Marketing 9(3), 53-73.
West, M. A. (2002) Sparkling Fountains or Stagnant Ponds: An Integrative Model of Creativity and Innovation Implementation in Work Groups. International Association of Applied Psychology Journal 51(3), 355-387.
Wongwuttiwat, J. (2015) Thailand’s ICT Readiness for the ASEAN Economic Community. Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries 72(8), 1-21.
Xue, X., Zhang, R., Rebecca, Y. J. & Dai, J. (2014) Innovation in Construction: A Critical Review and Future Research. International Journal of Innovation Science 6(2), 111-125, Retrieved from www.academia. edu/7771690/Innovation_in_Construction_A_Critical_Review_and_Future_Research.
Yin, A. & Wang, D. (2012) Evaluatiion of Technological Innovation Performance in China and Comparison with Foreign Countries. 2012 International Conference on Information Management, Innovation Management and Industrial Engineering, IEEE, 344-347.