Search for dissertations about: "Creativity"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 213 swedish dissertations containing the word Creativity.

  2. 16. Perceptually-seductive technology : designing computer support for everyday creativity

    Author : Eva Lindh Waterworth; Mark Chignell; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; creativity everyday- ; emotion; learning; memory; perceptually-seductive technology; presence;

    Abstract : Perceptually-seductive technology (PST) is introduced as a way of designing IT environments that can help support everyday creativity. This is done in part by using sensory stimulation, seclusion and other perceptual components to seduce an individual towards creative insights that would not occur on the basis of conceptual thought alone. READ MORE

  4. 17. Designing an Information System for Open Innovation – Bridging the Gap between Individual and Organisational Creativity

    Author : Mikko Ahonen; Pertti Järvinen; Ola Henfridsson; University of Tampere; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; information system; open innovation; creativity; inventing; human resource development; learning;

    Abstract : History shows that those companies that continue to invest in their innovative capabilities during tough economic times are often those that prosper when growth returns. Recently, information systems (IS) have been harnessed to support innovation. Even with IS support, innovation campaigns and suggestion management systems often end up in failure. READ MORE

  5. 18. The creative world of middle childhood : Creativity, imagination, and self-image from qualitative and quantitative perspectives

    Author : Eva Hoff; Institutionen för psykologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; self-image; middle childhood; drawings; Unusual Uses Test; qualitative interviews; Development psychology; Creativity; imaginary companions; Utvecklingspsykologi;

    Abstract : Four studies on creativity, imagination and self-image in 10-year-old children constitute the basis of this dissertation. A total of 179 participants were involved. READ MORE

  6. 19. The experience of flotation-REST (Restricted Environmental Stimulation Technique: Consciousness, Creativity, Subjective Stress and Pain

    Author : Anette Kjellgren; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Key words: Altered states of consciousness; ASC; Floating; Flotation; REST; Pain; Creativity; Stress; setting.; Psykologi; Psychology;

    Abstract : Abstract. The purpose of the presented investigations was to study the influence and effects of altered states of consciousness (ASC) induced through the flotation tank restricted environmental stimulation technique (flotation-REST) in a laboratory setting. READ MORE

  7. 20. Leadership and Creativity in Research: Investigations of Leadership and Leader – Member Exchange (LMX) in Research Groups

    Author : Lisa Olsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; LMX; leadership; creativity; research groups; ;

    Abstract : This thesis is an examination of leadership and creativity in research. Specifically, it studies leadership and creativity in academic research groups and commercial research groups in the biosciences. Leaders in these research settings face similar challenges, in particular the uncertainty that characterizes such creative work. READ MORE