My research interests lie at the intersection of creativity, decision-making and culture with an emphasis on the ways in which the social environment shapes our strategies for generating and evaluating new ideas. I see creativity as a strategic process through which we not only solve problems and design innovations, but through which we also seek to gain acceptance, status, and power.
Papers in preparation for submission from this line of work include “Curvilinear effects of constraint on creativity: Laboratory evidence from a product design task”, “Boxed in, set free: A theory of creativity under constraint”, “Building constraints to develop ideas: Effects of early decisions on creative processes and outcomes in new product development teams”, and “Teaching MBAs about design thinking in teams through cross-disciplinary New Product Development courses”.
Keywords: Creativity, design, and innovation; problem definition, idea generation and idea selection; new product development teams; decision-making; cognitive style; organisational culture; group norms; conflict and diversity; innovation in service industries, design thinking.
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Dissertation
The Blank Page: Effects of Constraint on Creativity. PhD thesis, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.
Joyce, C. K. (2009)
Publications
Getting down to business: Using speedstorming to initiate creative cross-disciplinary collaboration
Creativity and Innovation Management, Vol. 19, No. 1, 57-67
Joyce, C. K., Jennings, K. E., Hey, J. H. G., Kalil, T., & Grossman, J. C. (2010)
Putting the discipline in interdisciplinary: Using speedstorming to teach and initiate creative collaboration in nanoscience
Journal of Nanoeducation, Vol. 1, No. 1, 75–85.
Hey, J., Joyce, C., Jennings, K. E., Kalil, T., and Grossman, J. C. (2009).
Innovation in services: Corporate culture and investment banking
California Management Review, Vol. 50, No. 1, 174-191
Joyce, C. K., Chatman, J. A., & Lyons, R. (2007).
Framing innovation: Negotiating shared frames during early design phases
Journal of Design Research, Vol. 6. No. 1, 79-99
Hey, J. H. G., Joyce, C. K., Beckman, S. L. (2007)
