Creativity in Interdisciplinary Teams: Barriers to Creativity and Role of Leadership

Leading creative teams: A process-perspective with implications for organizational leaders.

“…Issues such as ineffective communication, lack of coordination, and process loss have all been suggested as reasons why teams are less effective than individuals (Kozlowski & Ilgen, 2006). These factors seem to have an even stronger effect when teams of diverse members are tasked with the type of complex problems that require creativity to solve (Reiter-Palmon et al, 2013). Thus, the role of the leader becomes particularly important for teams engaging in creative problem-solving.…”