Enhancing team creativity with playful improvisation theater

A Controlled Intervention Field Study

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4485935
AutoresSamuel West, Samuel J West (0000-0002-6439-9159, Lund University, autor correspondente), Eva Hoff (0000-0001-9858-6027, Lund University), Ingegerd Carlsson (Lund University)
Ano2017
Volume6
Fascículo3
Páginas283-293
Data de publicação2017-09-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Play (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2159-4937 • E-ISSN: 2159-4953
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/21594937.2017.1383000
OpenAlexW2766808015
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências citadas32

This study investigates the impact of an intervention of playful improvisational theater on organizational creativity. Teams from nine participating organizations (N = 93) completed pre- and post-test measures of adult playfulness, workplace playfulness, individual creativity, group creativity, and psychological safety. Group creativity was assessed with the newly developed test Distributed Creativity in Organizational Groups. The intervention group (n = 50) participated in improvisation training, whereas the control group (n = 43) did not. After the intervention, the intervention group reported higher scores of workplace playfulness, individual creativity, and group creativity compared to the control group. Individual creativity was positively correlated with adult playfulness. No differences were found for psychological safety. The findings suggest that organizational playfulness can be increased with brief interventions and that play is a promising enhancer of organizational creativity

Creativity · Improvisation · Psychological intervention · Visual arts · Applied Psychology · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience · Mind wandering and attention · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sport Psychology and Performance