Rhodes and Devloo et al. articles

What is according to the article by Rhodes the right answer to the question: ‘What is creativity?’ 

• Creativity is only about producing tangible products or works

• Creativity is only about producing original ideas

• The word creativity is naming the phenomenon in which a person communicates a new concept

• Creativity is solely about self-expression and has no practical value

Which one of these statements about creativity is correct according to Rhodes?

• People are born to be either creative or lacking in creative ability

• Creativity is more a way of feeling than a way of thinking 

• The word creativity applies to a simple, uncomplicated mental process that operates in unrestraint

• Environmental factors at all times in life form a psychological press that may be either constructive or destructive to creativity

What doesn't correspond to Rhodes’s 4P model of creativity? 

• Person

• Promotion

• Process

• Product

• Press

There is considerable research evidence to support the statement that the creative  ______  can be taught. As a result, in 1954 the Creative Education Foundation was formed solely for the purpose of encouraging a more creative trend in American education.  

What's the right answer for the blank? 

• Process

• Production

• Preparation

• Press

Which is not a correct statement according to the article of Devloo et al. (2015)?

• Intrinsically motivated individuals are found to be more creative because such motivation increases their tendency to be curious, cognitively flexible and risk taking

• Innovation is a single outcome variable

• Employee motivation is not a straightforward linear process with motivational antecedents directly affecting IWB

• Intrinsic motivation has been advanced as one of the main motivational drivers of innovative work behaviour

The manager of a successful company wants to improve the motivation of the employees. She uses the self-determination theory to find out how she can best do this.

What is something she will not implement to improve the motivation? 

• The employees are able to make more decisions on their own

• The employees are given access to a training that improves their knowledge or skills regarding their jobs

• The employees will get a salary increase

• More team-building activities will be organized

To ensure future succes in a fiercely competitive environment, organisations are expected to:

• Continiously reinvent themselves

• Anticipate future challenges

• Find new way to to approach their current core business

• All of these

A manager wants to make their employees more energetic, how can she do that the best?

By using _____

• Intrinsic motivation

• Basic need satisfaction

• The self-determination theory

• IWB theory