Social Yet Creative: The Role Of Social Relationships In Facilitating Individual Creativity
整合创造力与社会网络理论，研究关系强度、网络位置和外部联系对个体创造力的直接与交互影响，发现弱关系通常有益，而强关系效果中性；中心性在外部联系少时更促进创造力。
Integrating creativity and social network theories, I explore the direct and interactive effects of relationship strength, network position, and external ties on individual creative contributions. Results from a study of research scientists suggest that weaker ties are generally beneficial for creativity, whereas stronger ties have neutral effects. I also found that centrality is more positively associated with creativity when individuals have few ties outside of their organization and that the combination of centrality and many outside ties is not optimal. I discuss the implications of these findings for creativity and social network research.