<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The main purpose of the paper is to provide a concise account of the advantages and disadvantages of group work in the activity of professional artists cooperating in various creative teams. The analyzed data comes from three different sources: the authors’ own experience gained through their work as part of various focus groups, other authors’ research results found in the publications on creatology, and the authors’ own investigative work. The aspects of teamwork (group mind) as well as limitations and drawbacks of team work in groups (group thinking) are discussed in the first part of the paper. The second part describes select results of research conducted over the last few years among Polish female artists and film and theatre directors working on joint projects in creative teams. The study examined the determinants of the women’s creative careers. The final section includes a number of conclusions that aim to answer the question posed in the title of the paper.</p></abstract>

The main purpose of the paper is to provide a concise account of the advantages and disadvantages of group work in the activity of professional artists cooperating in various creative teams. The analyzed data comes from three different sources: the authors’ own experience gained through their work as part of various focus groups, other authors’ research results found in the publications on creatology, and the authors’ own investigative work. The aspects of teamwork (group mind) as well as limitations and drawbacks of team work in groups (group thinking) are discussed in the first part of the paper. The second part describes select results of research conducted over the last few years among Polish female artists and film and theatre directors working on joint projects in creative teams. The study examined the determinants of the women’s creative careers. The final section includes a number of conclusions that aim to answer the question posed in the title of the paper.

Together or Separately: Dilemmas of Group Work in Professional Creativity

Creativity. Theories – Research - Applications

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The main purpose of the paper is to provide a concise account of the advantages and disadvantages of group work in the activity of professional artists...

Together or Separately: Dilemmas of Group Work in Professional Creativity

Data publikacji: 18 lis 2020

Zakres stron: 1 - 26

Otrzymano: 15 sie 2020

Przyjęty: 10 wrz 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ctra-2020-0001

Słowa kluczowe
Group work, Group think, Creative synergy, Professional creativity

© 2020 Krzysztof J. Szmidt et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Together or Separately: Dilemmas of Group Work in Professional Creativity

Data publikacji: 18 lis 2020

Zakres stron: 1 - 26

Otrzymano: 15 sie 2020

Przyjęty: 10 wrz 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ctra-2020-0001

Słowa kluczoweGroup work, Group think, Creative synergy, Professional creativity

© 2020 Krzysztof J. Szmidt et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
Group work, Group think, Creative synergy, Professional creativity