Background
I am an assistant professor in Organizational Psychology. In 2000, I received my Master's degree in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Amsterdam, and then went on to do Ph.D. research at the department of Work and Organizational Psychology at the same university; in this project, I worked with Wolfgang Stroebe, Bernard Nijstad and Carsten de Dreu.
Research
Most of my research concerns individual and group creativity. For example, my Ph.D. project addressed the question to what degree, and in what way, the generation of creative ideas contributes to the selection of high-quality ideas. Currently, I am studying the role of various motivational and climate factors in creative performance.
Publications:
Slijkhuis, J. M., Rietzschel, E. F., & Van Yperen, N. W. (in press). How evaluation and Need for Structure affect motivation and creativity. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology.
Rietzschel, E. F. (2011). Collective regulatory focus predicts specific aspects of team innovation. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 14, 337-345.
Stroebe, W., Nijstad, B. A., & Rietzschel, E. F. (2010).
Beyond productivity loss in brainstorming groups: The evolution of a question. In: M. Zanna (Ed.): Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, Vol. 43 (pp. 157-203). Burlington: Academic Press.
Nijstad, B. A., De Dreu, C. K. W., Rietzschel, E. F., & Baas, M. (2010). The dual pathway to creativity model: Creative ideation as a function of flexibility and persistence. European Review of Social
Psychology, 21
, 34-77.
Rietzschel, E. F., Nijstad, B. A., & Stroebe, W. (2010). The selection of creative ideas after individual idea generation: Choosing between creativity and impact. British Journal of Psychology, 101, 47-68.
Rietzschel, E.F., De Dreu, C.K.W. , & Nijstad, B.A. (2009).
What are we talking about, when we’re talking about creativity? Group creativity as a multifaceted, multistage phenomenon.
In E. A. Mannix, M. A. Neale, & J. A. Goncalo (Eds.), Research on Managing Groups and Teams: Creativity in Groups (Vol. 12), 1-28.
Bingley, UK: Emerald Press.
Rietzschel, E.F., Nijstad, B.A., & Stroebe, W. (2009). De stilte na de brainstorm: Het belang van effectieve ideeënselectie. Gedrag & Organisatie, 22(1), 77-88.
Rietzschel, E. F., & Janssen, O. (2008). Een overzicht van het sociaal- en organisatiepsychologisch onderzoek in Nederland naar creativiteit en innovatie. Gedrag & Organisatie, 21, 74-87.
Rietzschel, E. F., Nijstad, B. A., & Stroebe, W. (2007).
Relative accessibility of domain knowledge and creativity: The effects of knowledge activation on the quantity and originality of generated ideas.
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 43
, 933-946.
Rietzschel, E. F., De Dreu, C. K. W., & Nijstad, B. A. (2007).
Personal need for structure and creative performance: The moderating influence of fear of invalidity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 855-866.
Rietzschel, E. F., Nijstad, B. A., & Stroebe, W. (2006).
Productivity is not enough: A comparison of interactive and nominal brainstorming groups on idea generation and selection. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 42, 244-251.
Nijstad, B. A., Rietzschel, E. F., & Stroebe, W. (2005).
Four principles of group creativity. In L. Thompson & H. S. Choi (Eds.), Creativity and innovation in organizational teams. Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum.
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