Cognitive skills and leadership performance: The nine critical skills

MD Mumford, EM Todd, C Higgs, T McIntosh - The Leadership Quarterly, 2017 - Elsevier
Over the years, a growing body of evidence indicates that certain cognitive skills are a
critical determinant of leader performance. In the present effort we show that application of …

A new method for training creativity: narrative as an alternative to divergent thinking

A Fletcher, M Benveniste - Annals of the New York Academy of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Creativity is a major source of innovation, growth, adaptability, and psychological resilience,
making it a top priority of governments, global corporations, educational institutions, and …

Not too much, not too little: The influence of constraints on creative problem solving.

KE Medeiros, PJ Partlow… - Psychology of Aesthetics …, 2014 - psycnet.apa.org
Although, traditionally, constraints are held to inhibit creative thinking, more recent research
indicates that constraints can, at times, prove beneficial. Constraints, however, come in …

Expertise in chess

F Gobet - 2006 - bura.brunel.ac.uk
This chapter provides an overview of research into chess expertise. After an historical
background and a brief description of the game and the rating system, it discusses the …

Mental models and ethical decision making: The mediating role of sensemaking

Z Bagdasarov, JF Johnson, AE MacDougall… - Journal of Business …, 2016 - Springer
The relationship between mental models and ethical decision making (EDM), along with the
mechanisms through which mental models affect EDM, are not well understood. Using the …

Increasing restaurants' sales performance: linking suppliers and chefs' culinary knowledge

SH Wu, ECS Ku, TP Wu - British Food Journal, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This research aimed to analyse the relationships between chefs' knowledge,
learning with suppliers and restaurant sales performance. Design/methodology/approach A …

Mental models and creative thinking skills in students' physics learning

JR Batlolona, M Diantoro - Creativity studies, 2023 - jau.vgtu.lt
The study of mental models and creative thinking skills in students' physics learning with the
problem-based learning model has been scarce. This study aimed to analyze the …

Re-examining the relationship between need for cognition and creativity: Predicting creative problem solving across multiple domains

LL Watts, LM Steele, H Song - Creativity Research Journal, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Prior studies have demonstrated inconsistent findings with regard to the relationship
between need for cognition and creativity. In our study, measurement issues were explored …

Are you thinking what I'm thinking?: the influence of leader style, distance, and leader–follower mental model congruence on creative performance

JA Griffith, C Gibson, K Medeiros… - … of Leadership & …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Leaders have been classified as having charismatic, ideological, or pragmatic (CIP)
leadership styles, each characterized by distinct patterns in cognition and interaction …

Teaching people to manage constraints: Effects on creative problem-solving

DR Peterson, JD Barrett, KS Hester… - Creativity Research …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Constraints often inhibit creative problem-solving. This study examined the impact of training
strategies for managing constraints on creative problem-solving. Undergraduates, 218 in all …