2,033
Views
108
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Why Groups are less Effective than their Members: On Productivity Losses in Idea-generating Groups

&
Pages 271-303 | Published online: 04 Mar 2011

Keep up to date with the latest research on this topic with citation updates for this article.

Read on this site (7)

Paola Bellis & Roberto Verganti. (2021) Pairs as pivots of innovation: how collaborative sensemaking benefits from innovating in twos. Innovation 23:3, pages 375-399.
Read now
Kibby McMahon, Azzurra Ruggeri, Juliane E. Kämmer & Konstantinos V. Katsikopoulos. (2016) Beyond Idea Generation: The Power of Groups in Developing Ideas. Creativity Research Journal 28:3, pages 247-257.
Read now
Kjetil L. Nielsen, Gabrielle Hansen & John B. Stav. (2016) How the initial thinking period affects student argumentation during peer instruction: students’ experiences versus observations. Studies in Higher Education 41:1, pages 124-138.
Read now
Olav Muurlink & Cristina Poyatos Matas. (2011) From romance to rocket science: speed dating in higher education. Higher Education Research & Development 30:6, pages 751-764.
Read now
Quek Khiok Seng, Ho Kwok Keung & Soh Kay Cheng. (2008) Implicit theories of creativity: a comparison of student‐teachers in Hong Kong and Singapore. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education 38:1, pages 71-86.
Read now
Tom Postmes & Martin Lea. (2000) Social processes and group decision making: anonymity in group decision support systems. Ergonomics 43:8, pages 1252-1274.
Read now
PaulB. Paulus & LeighE. Paulus. (1997) Implications of research on group brainstorming for gifted education∗ . Roeper Review 19:4, pages 225-229.
Read now

Articles from other publishers (101)

Kjetil Liestøl Nielsen. (2023) Why Can the Flipped Classroom Frustrate Students? Experiences from an Engineering Mathematics Course. Education Sciences 13:4, pages 396.
Crossref
Paola Bellis, Roberto Verganti & Daniel Trabucchi. (2022) Let's move on! How pair collaboration activates resilience toward innovation crises. European Management Journal.
Crossref
Paul Hangsan Ahn, Lyn M. van Swol, Sang Jung Kim & Hyelin Park. (2021) Enhanced Motivation and Decision Making from Hybrid Creative Problem Solving. Small Group Research 53:3, pages 427-463.
Crossref
Fabiola H. Gerpott & Rudolf Kerschreiter. (2021) A Conceptual Framework of How Meeting Mindsets Shape and Are Shaped by Leader–Follower Interactions in Meetings. Organizational Psychology Review 12:2, pages 107-134.
Crossref
Benjamin Ostrowski, Anita Williams Woolley & Ki-Won Haan. (2021) Translating Member Ability Into Group Brainstorming Performance: The Role of Collective Intelligence. Small Group Research 53:1, pages 3-40.
Crossref
Linda Suzanne FolkLinda Suzanne Folk. 2022. The Hidden Barriers and Enablers of Team-Based Ideation. The Hidden Barriers and Enablers of Team-Based Ideation 55 86 .
Linda Suzanne FolkLinda Suzanne Folk. 2022. The Hidden Barriers and Enablers of Team-Based Ideation. The Hidden Barriers and Enablers of Team-Based Ideation 33 40 .
Linda Suzanne FolkLinda Suzanne Folk. 2022. The Hidden Barriers and Enablers of Team-Based Ideation. The Hidden Barriers and Enablers of Team-Based Ideation 15 32 .
Christian A. ConradChristian A. Conrad. 2022. Economic Systems, Markets and Politics. Economic Systems, Markets and Politics 39 103 .
Christian A. ConradChristian A. Conrad. 2022. Business Ethics - A Philosophical and Behavioral Approach. Business Ethics - A Philosophical and Behavioral Approach 49 96 .
John ReisJohn Reis. 2022. Advanced Design. Advanced Design 193 210 .
Roman Kmieciak. (2020) Trust, knowledge sharing, and innovative work behavior: empirical evidence from Poland. European Journal of Innovation Management 24:5, pages 1832-1859.
Crossref
Antti Ainamo, Claudio Dell'Era & Roberto Verganti. (2021) Radical circles and visionary innovation: Angry birds and the transformation of video games. Creativity and Innovation Management 30:3, pages 439-454.
Crossref
Hamieda Parker & Earle du Plooy. (2021) Team-based games: Catalysts for developing psychological safety, learning and performance. Journal of Business Research 125, pages 45-51.
Crossref
Patrick Cummings, Nathan Schurr, Andrew Naber, Charlie & Daniel Serfaty. 2021. Systems Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. Systems Engineering and Artificial Intelligence 23 45 .
Wolf E. Hautz, Stefanie C. Hautz & Juliane E. Kämmer. (2020) Whether two heads are better than one is the wrong question (though sometimes they are). Advances in Health Sciences Education 25:4, pages 905-911.
Crossref
Brian Parkinson. (2019) Intragroup Emotion Convergence: Beyond Contagion and Social Appraisal. Personality and Social Psychology Review 24:2, pages 121-140.
Crossref
PAOLA BELLIS & ROBERTO VERGANTI. (2019) PAIRS IN INNOVATION: HOW WORKING IN PAIRS HELPS ORGANISATIONS TO MOVE INTO A NEW SHARED DIRECTION. International Journal of Innovation Management 24:03, pages 2050072.
Crossref
Svenja C. Sommer, Elliot Bendoly & Stylianos Kavadias. (2020) How Do You Search for the Best Alternative? Experimental Evidence on Search Strategies to Solve Complex Problems. Management Science 66:3, pages 1395-1420.
Crossref
Johnathan R Cromwell & Heidi K Gardner. (2020) High-stakes innovation: When collaboration in teams enhances (or undermines) innovation in professional service firms. Journal of Professions and Organization 7:1, pages 2-26.
Crossref
Linden J. Ball & Bo T. Christensen. 2020. Sticky Creativity. Sticky Creativity 19 51 .
Nur Cayirdag. 2020. Encyclopedia of Creativity. Encyclopedia of Creativity 96 102 .
Rupert Brown & Sam Pehrson. 2019. Group Processes ‐ Dynamics within and Between Groups, Third Edition. Group Processes ‐ Dynamics within and Between Groups, Third Edition 124 160 .
Iris Graessler & Patrick Taplick. (2019) Supporting Creativity with Virtual Reality Technology. Proceedings of the Design Society: International Conference on Engineering Design 1:1, pages 2011-2020.
Crossref
Margarete Boos & Michaela Kolbe. (2019) Editorial „Kommunikation und Koordination in Teams“. Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Organisationspsychologie (GIO) 50:1, pages 1-2.
Crossref
Hosseini Sarinasadat, Yuki Hattori, Yoshihiro Miyake & Takayuki Nozawa. 2019. Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics. Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics 410 422 .
Naama Mayseless, Manish Saggar, Grace Hawthorne & Allan Reiss. 2018. Design Thinking Research. Design Thinking Research 239 249 .
Badaruddin Ibrahim, Michael A. DeMiranda, Tahira Anwar Lashari & Thomas J. Siller. (2017) Teamwork and Engineering Design Outcomes: Examining the Relationship Among Engineering Undergraduate Students. Teamwork and Engineering Design Outcomes: Examining the Relationship Among Engineering Undergraduate Students.
Jeffrey Laut, Francesco Cappa, Oded Nov & Maurizio Porfiri. (2017) Increasing citizen science contribution using a virtual peer. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology 68:3, pages 583-593.
Crossref
Thomas Wagenknecht, René Filpe & Christof Weinhardt. (2017) Towards a design theory of computer-supported organizational participation. Journal of Enterprise Information Management 30:1, pages 188-202.
Crossref
Nadira S. Faber, Jan A. Häusser & Norbert L. Kerr. (2016) Sleep Deprivation Impairs and Caffeine Enhances My Performance, but Not Always Our Performance. Personality and Social Psychology Review 21:1, pages 3-28.
Crossref
Martin J. Eppler & Lawrence McGrath. 2017. Strategy and Communication for Innovation. Strategy and Communication for Innovation 91 111 .
Carmen Zahn. 2017. The Psychology of Digital Learning. The Psychology of Digital Learning 147 170 .
Victoria Mundy Bhavsar, Cristina M. Dypiangco & Rob Moreau. (2016) “Fifty Questions”: Encouraging Students to Ask Questions and Evaluate Information. Natural Sciences Education 45:1, pages nse2015.0029.
Crossref
STEPHEN FOX. (2016) DISMANTLING THE BOX — APPLYING PRINCIPLES FOR REDUCING PRECONCEPTIONS DURING IDEATION. International Journal of Innovation Management 20:06, pages 1650049.
Crossref
A. J. McLintic & M. G. Irwin. (2016) Is the jury out on consensus opinion?. Anaesthesia 71:3, pages 256-260.
Crossref
Gaëlle Dechamp, Isabelle Horvath & Jenny Faucheu. (2016) Quel est l’apport de la pluridisciplinarité lors de pratiques créatives collectives ? Exemple d’un workshop de formation à l’entrepreneuriat. Revue de l’Entrepreneuriat Vol. 14:4, pages 73-97.
Crossref
Yong Zhao & Brian Gearin. 2016. Creative Intelligence in the 21st Century. Creative Intelligence in the 21st Century 121 138 .
Winfried Hacker. 2016. Erfolgreiche Gruppenarbeit. Erfolgreiche Gruppenarbeit 25 35 .
Thomas Wagenknecht, René Filpe & Christof Weinhardt. 2016. Electronic Participation. Electronic Participation 17 28 .
Per Eisele. (2015) The predictive validity of the team diagnostic survey. Team Performance Management 21:5/6, pages 293-306.
Crossref
LAWRENCE McGRATH. (2015) WHEN PAIRING REDUCES SCARING: THE EFFECT OF DYADIC IDEATION ON EVALUATION APPREHENSION. International Journal of Innovation Management 19:04, pages 1550039.
Crossref
Michael Wiedmann, Ryan C. Leach, Nikol Rummel & Jennifer Wiley. 2015. Authentic Problem Solving and Learning in the 21st Century. Authentic Problem Solving and Learning in the 21st Century 249 265 .
Dorien DeTombeDorien DeTombe. 2015. Handling Societal Complexity. Handling Societal Complexity 155 186 .
Steven D. Silver. (2014) Designing technology for managing the information exchange of decision making teams. Decision Support Systems 61, pages 136-146.
Crossref
R. I. M. Dunbar. (2014) The Social Brain. Current Directions in Psychological Science 23:2, pages 109-114.
Crossref
Norbert L. Kerr & R. Scott Tindale. 2014. Handbook of Research Methods in Social and Personality Psychology. Handbook of Research Methods in Social and Personality Psychology 188 219 .
Haiyi Zhu, Steven P. Dow, Robert E. Kraut & Aniket Kittur. (2014) Reviewing versus doing. Reviewing versus doing.
Mingzhu Qiu, Jim Hewitt & Clare Brett. (2014) Influence of group configuration on online discourse writing. Computers & Education 71, pages 289-302.
Crossref
D. S. Joo & J. I. Park. (2014) An Improved Effective Cost Review Process for Value Engineering. The Scientific World Journal 2014, pages 1-16.
Crossref
Moshe Barak. (2012) Impacts of learning inventive problem-solving principles: students’ transition from systematic searching to heuristic problem solving. Instructional Science 41:4, pages 657-679.
Crossref
Yuichiro Wajima, Yuichi Washida, Naoki TominagaKazuhiro Ueda. (2013) Improvement in Quality of Business Ideas by Introducing User Perspectiveユーザ視点の導入による事業アイデアの質の向上. Transactions of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence 28:5, pages 409-419.
Crossref
Sabrina Hubounig, Sabrina Ingrassia & Diana E. Krause. 2013. Kreativität, Innovation, Entrepreneurship. Kreativität, Innovation, Entrepreneurship 93 112 .
Linda ArgoteLinda Argote. 2013. Organizational Learning. Organizational Learning 115 146 .
Michael Wiedmann, Ryan C. Leach, Nikol Rummel & Jennifer Wiley. (2012) Does group composition affect learning by invention?. Instructional Science 40:4, pages 711-730.
Crossref
Matthew S. Canham, Jennifer Wiley & Richard E. Mayer. (2011) When Diversity in Training Improves Dyadic Problem Solving. Applied Cognitive Psychology 26:3, pages 421-430.
Crossref
SuYoung Ryu. (2012) The Impact of Group Diversity and Kunja Leadership on Group Performance. Korean Journal of Industrial and Organizational Psychology 25:1, pages 27-58.
Crossref
Nicolas Michinov. 2012. Online Research Methods in Urban and Planning Studies. Online Research Methods in Urban and Planning Studies 157 172 .
Hajime Mizuyama. 2012. Advances in Production Management Systems. Value Networks: Innovation, Technologies, and Management. Advances in Production Management Systems. Value Networks: Innovation, Technologies, and Management 586 597 .
Steven P. Dow, Julie Fortuna, Dan Schwartz, Beth Altringer, Daniel L. Schwartz & Scott R. Klemmer. 2012. Design Thinking Research. Design Thinking Research 47 70 .
Luis L. Martins & Christina E. Shalley. (2011) Creativity in Virtual Work. Small Group Research 42:5, pages 536-561.
Crossref
Raymy O’Flynn & Thomas Waldmann. 2011. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Consumer Product Design. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Consumer Product Design 109 117 .
Steven Dow, Julie Fortuna, Dan Schwartz, Beth Altringer, Daniel Schwartz & Scott Klemmer. (2011) Prototyping dynamics. Prototyping dynamics.
HAMIT COSKUN. (2011) Close Associations and Memory in Brainwriting Groups. The Journal of Creative Behavior 45:1, pages 59-75.
Crossref
Claudio Bezzi. (2011) Evaluational Brainstorming. Sociology Mind 01:04, pages 151-155.
Crossref
Margarete Boos, Michaela Kolbe & Micha Strack. 2011. Coordination in Human and Primate Groups. Coordination in Human and Primate Groups 11 35 .
Karan Girotra, Christian Terwiesch & Karl T. Ulrich. (2010) Idea Generation and the Quality of the Best Idea. Management Science 56:4, pages 591-605.
Crossref
Stylianos Kavadias & Svenja C. Sommer. (2009) The Effects of Problem Structure and Team Diversity on Brainstorming Effectiveness. Management Science 55:12, pages 1899-1913.
Crossref
. (2009) Virtual Teams and Creative Performance. Virtual Teams and Creative Performance.
Erich H. Witte. (2016) Toward a Group Facilitation Technique for Project Teams. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 10:3, pages 299-309.
Crossref
Moshe Barak & Pnina Mesika. (2007) Teaching methods for inventive problem-solving in junior high school. Thinking Skills and Creativity 2:1, pages 19-29.
Crossref
Bernard A. Nijstad & Wolfgang Stroebe. (2016) How the Group Affects the Mind: A Cognitive Model of Idea Generation in Groups. Personality and Social Psychology Review 10:3, pages 186-213.
Crossref
E. H. Witte. 2006. Handbuch Psychologie. Handbuch Psychologie 415 428 .
Hamit Coskun. (2016) Cognitive Stimulation with Convergent and Divergent Thinking Exercises in Brainwriting. Small Group Research 36:4, pages 466-498.
Crossref
Esat Alpay. (2016) Group dynamic processes in email groups. Active Learning in Higher Education 6:1, pages 7-16.
Crossref
David Sloan Wilson, John J. Timmel & Ralph R. Miller. 2005. Teamwork. Teamwork 33 55 .
Asako Miura & Misao Hida. (2016) Synergy between Diversity and Similarity in Group-Idea Generation. Small Group Research 35:5, pages 540-564.
Crossref
David Sloan Wilson, John J. Timmel & Ralph R. Miller. (2004) Cognitive cooperation. Human Nature 15:3, pages 225-250.
Crossref
Bernard A. Nistad, Annelies E. M. van Vianen, Wolfgang Stroebe & Hein F. M. Lodewijkx. (2016) Persistence in Brainstorming: Exploring Stop Rules in Same-Sex Groups. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 7:3, pages 195-206.
Crossref
Norbert L. KerrR. Scott Tindale. (2004) Group Performance and Decision Making. Annual Review of Psychology 55:1, pages 623-655.
Crossref
Wolfgang Stroebe & Bernard A. Nijstad. (2004) Warum Brainstorming in Gruppen Kreativität vermindert:. Psychologische Rundschau 55:1, pages 2-10.
Crossref
PER KRISTENSSON & TORSTEN NORLANDER. (2011) The Creative Product and Process in Computer‐Mediated Groups. The Journal of Creative Behavior 37:4, pages 223-243.
Crossref
André P. Walton. (2003) The impact of interpersonal factors on creativity. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 9:4, pages 146-162.
Crossref
Silke Lecher & Erich H. Witte. (2003) FORMOD und PROMOD. Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie A&O 47:2, pages 73-86.
Crossref
Per Kristensson & Torsten Norlander. (2003) The Creative Product and the Creative Processes in Virtual Environments. Creativity and Innovation Management 12:1, pages 32-40.
Crossref
Stephen M. Fiore & Jonathan W. Schooler. (2016) Convergent or Divergent Problem Space Search: The Effect of Problem Structure on Group Versus Individual Problem Solving. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 45:4, pages 483-487.
Crossref
Thomas J. Kramer, Gerard P. Fleming & Scott M. Mannis. (2016) Improving Face-To-Face Brainstorming Through Modeling and Facilitation. Small Group Research 32:5, pages 533-557.
Crossref
Henri Barki & Alain Pinsonneault. (2016) Small Group Brainstorming and Idea Quality. Small Group Research 32:2, pages 158-205.
Crossref
W.F. Lawless & T. Castelao. (2001) The university as decision center. IEEE Technology and Society Magazine 20:2, pages 6-17, 29.
Crossref
Kelly S. Fielding & Michael A. Hogg. (2000) Working Hard to Achieve Self-Defining Group Goals: A Social Identity Analysis. Zeitschrift für Sozialpsychologie 31:4, pages 191-203.
Crossref
W.E. Lawless, T. Castelao & J. Ballas. (2000) Virtual knowledge: bistable reality and the solution of ill-defined problems. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part C (Applications and Reviews) 30:1, pages 119-124.
Crossref
Dorien J DeTombe. (1999) Moments of support by a groupware brainstorming tool in handling complex technical policy problems. European Journal of Operational Research 119:2, pages 267-281.
Crossref
Alain Pinsonneault, Henri Barki, R. Brent Gallupe & Norberto Hoppen. (1999) Electronic Brainstorming: The Illusion of Productivity. Information Systems Research 10:2, pages 110-133.
Crossref
Vincent Brown, Michael Tumeo, Timothy S. Larey & Paul B. Paulus. (2016) Modeling Cognitive Interactions During Group Brainstorming. Small Group Research 29:4, pages 495-526.
Crossref
William H. Cooper, R. Brent Gallupe, Sandra Pollard & Jana Cadsby. (2016) Some Liberating Effects of Anonymous Electronic Brainstorming. Small Group Research 29:2, pages 147-178.
Crossref
David Sloan Wilson. (1997) Altruism And Organism: Disentangling The Themes Of Multilevel Selection Theory. The American Naturalist 150:S1, pages S122-S134.
Crossref
Dieter Beck & Michael Diehl. (1997) Advances in Small Group Research. European Psychologist 2:4, pages 368-376.
Crossref
Paul Paulus, Timothy Larey & Anita Ortega. (1995) Performance and Perceptions of Brainstormers in an Organizational Setting. Basic and Applied Social Psychology 17:1, pages 249-265.
Crossref
Bat Batjargal. (2005) Software Entrepreneurship: Knowledge Networks and Performance of Software Ventures in China and Russia. SSRN Electronic Journal.
Crossref
Svenja C. Sommer, Elliot Bendoly & Stelios Kavadias. (2015) Search Strategies in Complex and Ambiguous Problem Spaces: Performance Comparisons Across Group Structures Through a Controlled Experiment. SSRN Electronic Journal.
Crossref
Karan Girotra, Christian Terwiesch & Karl T. Ulrich. (2009) Idea Generation and the Quality of the Best Idea. SSRN Electronic Journal.
Crossref

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.