Constraint-Shattering Practices and Creative Action in Organizations
Journal article, Peer reviewed
Date
2014Metadata
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Abstract
This study contributes insights on how actors cope with constraints in ill-structured problem-solving
situations, and what implications this coping has for creative action. To date, most research on constraint
handling has treated constraints, regardless of their nature, origin, or role, as external factors that enable or
hinder creativity. In contrast, we consider constraints to be inextricably intertwined with all creative action.
We focus our study on one specific practice for constraint handling: namely, shattering. Empirical data were
collected for 12 projects in two engineering consulting firms, and four shattering practices were identified:
protesting, proposing, betraying, and sabotaging. We discuss their enactment in various parts of the problem
space and their implications for the management of creative action in organizations.
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