Fostering Team Creativity in Virtual Worlds

Authors

  • Pekka Alahuhta Aalto university, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
  • Emma Nordb Aalto university, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
  • Anu Sivunen Aalto university, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
  • Teemu Surakka Aalto university, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4101/jvwr.v7i3.7062

Keywords:

Creativity, Team, Avatars, virtual worlds

Abstract

This article addresses the potential of virtual worlds as a platform for creative team collaboration. The proliferation of geographically distributed teams, striving towards innovative results, calls for ICT that support team creativity. Three-dimensional virtual worlds represent such an emergent and rapidly developing collaboration tool. A systematic literature review was conducted to reveal the affordances of virtual worlds contributing towards team creativity.

The results of the literature review reveal eight proposed affordances relevant for virtual worlds to foster team level creativity. Avatars (1) allow the team members to express themselves and their insights and point out information to others. Changing the users

Author Biographies

Pekka Alahuhta, Aalto university, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management

Pekka Alahuhta is a researcher and Ph.D. student in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management at Aalto University School of Science; his research interests are directed to distributed ideation and innovation processes.

Emma Nordb, Aalto university, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management

Emma Nordb

Anu Sivunen, Aalto university, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management

Anu Sivunen, PhD (speech communication), is research manager at Aalto University,

Teemu Surakka, Aalto university, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management

Teemu Surakka is a researcher and Ph.D. student in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management at Aalto University School of Science. His research interests are directed to knowledge-intensive value creation, knowledge management and value networks.

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Published

2014-07-20

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Peer Reviewed Research Papers