University of Groningen
Stimulating creativity
de Jonge, Kiki
DOI:
10.33612/diss.95094713
IMPORTANT NOTE: You are advised to consult the publisher's version (publisher's PDF) if you wish to cite from it. Please check the document version below.
Document Version
Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record
Publication date: 2019
Link to publication in University of Groningen/UMCG research database
Citation for published version (APA):
de Jonge, K. (2019). Stimulating creativity: matching person and context. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. https://doi.org/10.33612/diss.95094713
Copyright
Other than for strictly personal use, it is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons).
Take-down policy
If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim.
Downloaded from the University of Groningen/UMCG research database (Pure): http://www.rug.nl/research/portal. For technical reasons the number of authors shown on this cover page is limited to 10 maximum.
Propositions as part of the dissertation
‘Stimulating Creativity: Matching Person and Context’ by Kiki M. M. De Jonge
1. Creativity is in the eye of the beholder (this dissertation). 2. Novel ideas open (un)desired new doors (this dissertation). 3. Idea diversity is more important than personality (this
dissertation).
4. Research into creative propositions (in the sense of
originality and applicability) could yield surprising results. 5. It is beneficial for one’s creativity to interpret peer review
as an exercise in persistence, rather than having it result into avoidance (motivation).
6. Although people admire creative ideas, they often reject them (cf. Rietzschel, Nijstad, & Stroebe, 2010; Mueller, Melwani, & Goncalo, 2014).
7. Selecting creative ideas for implementation can be seen as a high risk, high gain situation (cf. Simonton, 2018). 8. Patience is a virtue, and so is impatience (based on Grant). 9. Good coffee should be included as an additional brainstorm
rule.
10. It is useful to be persistent in your flexibility, or flexible in your persistence (this dissertation).
11. Ideas seen as original by one, are seen as weird by another; ideas seen as boring by one, are helpful for another (this dissertation)
12. Conducting creativity research is not always a creative process.
