Abstract
Creativity is an essential ingredient in software development. The majority of
existing research on creativity in software engineering addresses the
requirement analysis phase. At the same time, due to the involvement of
various individual and contextual factors in contemporary organizations, the
complexity of the research work on creativity has increased. This has
refrained researchers to venture into the creativity research in contemporary
software organizations. The current research work addresses this gap and,
based on componential theory of creativity and theory of planned behavior,
attempts to empirically analyze the impact of two individual factors, namely
knowledge collection behavior and creative intention, on programmer’s
creativity. The results have shown that, to perform a creative task, a
programmer must intend to be creative. At the same time, knowledge
collection behavior also has a positive, but moderate, impact on the intention
of a programmer to be creative. The study shows the importance of a
programmer’s behavior towards knowledge exchange as well as his intention
to be creative
existing research on creativity in software engineering addresses the
requirement analysis phase. At the same time, due to the involvement of
various individual and contextual factors in contemporary organizations, the
complexity of the research work on creativity has increased. This has
refrained researchers to venture into the creativity research in contemporary
software organizations. The current research work addresses this gap and,
based on componential theory of creativity and theory of planned behavior,
attempts to empirically analyze the impact of two individual factors, namely
knowledge collection behavior and creative intention, on programmer’s
creativity. The results have shown that, to perform a creative task, a
programmer must intend to be creative. At the same time, knowledge
collection behavior also has a positive, but moderate, impact on the intention
of a programmer to be creative. The study shows the importance of a
programmer’s behavior towards knowledge exchange as well as his intention
to be creative
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of 2013 Information Systems International Conference |
| Publisher | Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - 2 Dec 2013 |