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Wait.. am I reading the abstract of this study wrong or just misunderstanding what the author of the article is trying to say: [Abstract http://psycnet.apa.org
by chrisseldo 11y ago
Wait.. am I reading the abstract of this study wrong or just misunderstanding what the author of the article is trying to say:
[Abstract http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/psp/110/2/261/ http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/psp/110/2/261/]
"However, high power individuals were more effective when working on tasks that required less coordination: they were more creative (Studies 1B and 4) and persisted longer on a difficult task than other groups"
Then in the article:
"The control groups and low power groups generated more creative ideas than the groups made up of high-power individuals."
- Terribledactyl 11y ago> "However, high power individuals... I think that's best read as an aside. Low coordination to me reads as not really a group task, or less so. Take someone used to being "high-power" let them work alone, magic happens. Put a bunch of high-power loners together and your in for a bad time. A governor being the most "powerful" person in a state can be very effectual, but a group of them together in some sort coordinated task may be a disaster fit for tv.
- bcbrown 11y ago> It was not that high power made people less creative, though. In a second study, the same power manipulation was used, but then people worked alone to generate a creative idea for a business. In this individual task, the high-power individuals were actually more creative than the low-power individuals.