Key publications
Adarves-Yorno I (2016). Leadership and the paradoxes of authenticity. In (Ed)
Leadership Paradoxes: Rethinking Leadership for an Uncertain World, 115-130.
Abstract:
Leadership and the paradoxes of authenticity
Abstract.
Full text.
Adarves-Yorno I, Jetten J, Postmes T, Haslam A (2013). 'War on Terror' or 'Terror of War'? the Effects of Framing on Ingroup Identification and Allegiance. Journal of Social Psychology., 153, 25-37.
Young A, Adarves-Yorno I, Taylor S (2012). Keeping the faith: Belonging to the critical community.
Scandinavian Journal of Management,
28(3), 242-249.
Abstract:
Keeping the faith: Belonging to the critical community
This short reflective piece explores what it means to adopt a 'critical' position in organizational scholarship. We offer three separate narratives that combine when we consider what it means to believe in being critical. Each narrative examines the identification with this particular academic perspective from a different standpoint, including the performance of rationality and embodiment; the assessment of quality through the in-group/out-group theories of social psychology; and the implications of hyper-performativity for having a range of critical voices heard. We conclude by suggesting ways in which the critical community might adopt a more reflective position about embodied behaviors. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
Abstract.
Adarves-Yorno I, Alexander Haslam S, Postmes T (2008). And now for something completely different? the impact of group membership on perceptions of creativity.
Social Influence,
3(4), 248-266.
Abstract:
And now for something completely different? the impact of group membership on perceptions of creativity
A wealth of historical, cultural, and biographical evidence points to the fact that there is considerable variation in different people's judgments of creative products. What is creative to one person is deviant to another, and creative efforts often fail to be given the enthusiastic reception that their creators anticipate and think they deserve. Unpacking the roots of these discrepancies, this paper develops an analysis of creativity that is informed by the social identity approach. This analysis is supported by a review of previous research that points to the way in which perceptions of creativity are structured by both self-categorization and social norms (and their interaction). Further support for the analysis is provided by two experiments (Ns=100, 125) which support the hypothesis that ingroup products are perceived to be more creative than those of outgroups independently of other factors with which group membership is typically correlated in the world at large (e.g. quality). The studies also indicate that this pattern is not simply a manifestation of generic ingroup bias since judgments of creativity diverge from those of both likeability (Experiment 1) and beauty (Experiment 2). The theoretical and practical significance of these findings is discussed with particular reference to innovation resistance and the "not invented here" syndrome.
Abstract.
Full text.
Adarves-Yorno I, Postmes T, Haslam SA (2007). Creative innovation or crazy irrelevance?. The contribution of group norms and social identity to creative behavior.
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology,
43(3), 410-416.
Abstract:
Creative innovation or crazy irrelevance?. The contribution of group norms and social identity to creative behavior
This paper develops an analysis of innovative behavior and creativity that is informed by the social identity perspective. Two studies manipulated group norms and analyzed their impact on creative behavior. The results of Study I show that when people are asked to make a creative product collectively they display conformity to ingroup norms, but that they deviate from ingroup norms when group members make the same products on their own. A parallel result was found in group members' private perceptions of what they consider creative. In Study 2, the social identity of participants was made salient. Results showed conformity to group norms even when group members worked on their own creations. Findings suggest that innovative behavior is informed by normative context, and that in contexts in which people operate as members of a group (either physically through collective action, or psychologically through social identity salience) innovation will respect normative boundaries. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Abstract.
Full text.
Publications by category
Journal articles
Haslam SA, Adarves-Yorno I, Postmes T (2015). Creativity is collective.
Scientific American Mind,
Volume 23(Issue 5).
Abstract:
Creativity is collective
Psychologists and other commentators have always treated creativity as the ultimate expression of human individuality. However, to fully understand creativity we need to look beyond the individual:. Groups and social context give creativity both form and force.
Abstract.
Author URL.
Full text.
Jeanrenaud SJ, Adarves-Yorno, I, Forsans, N (2015). Exploring a One Planet Mindset and its Relevance in a Transition to a Sustainable Economy.
Building Sustainable Legacies(5. Reframing the Game: the Transition to a. New Sustainable Economy).
Abstract:
Exploring a One Planet Mindset and its Relevance in a Transition to a Sustainable Economy
Exeter’s One Planet MBA (OP MBA), co-founded and delivered with WWF International, is helping develop a new generation of business leaders, integrating sustainability thinking across its business education curriculum, and fostering a “One Planet Mindset”. But what is a One Planet Mindset? and what is its significance in a transition to a sustainable economy? This paper draws on the sustainability and management literature, and explorations with students to offer some preliminary reflections on these questions. It makes the case that a One Planet Mindset aggregates knowledge, values and skills which help deliver positive outcomes for people, planet and prosperity. It engages a new metaphor of nature as a living planet – one that recognizes that the health of the economy is rooted in, and not independent of, living planetary systems. Such a mindset provides a powerful lever for transforming, self, business and society in the contested transition to a sustainable economy.
Abstract.
Adarves-Yorno I, Jetten J, Postmes T, Haslam A (2013). 'War on Terror' or 'Terror of War'? the Effects of Framing on Ingroup Identification and Allegiance. Journal of Social Psychology., 153, 25-37.
Haslam SA, Adarves-Yorno I, Postmes T, Jans L (2013). The collective origins of valued originality: a social identity approach to creativity.
Pers Soc Psychol Rev,
17(4), 384-401.
Abstract:
The collective origins of valued originality: a social identity approach to creativity.
Prevailing approaches to individual and group creativity have focused on personal factors that contribute to creative behavior (e.g. personality, intelligence, motivation), and the processes of behaving creatively and appreciating creativity are understood to be largely unrelated. This article uses social identity and self-categorization theories as the basis for a model of creativity that addresses these lacunae by emphasizing the role that groups play in stimulating and shaping creative acts and in determining the reception they are given. We argue that shared social identity (or lack of it) motivates individuals to rise to particular creative challenges and provides a basis for certain forms of creativity to be recognized (or disregarded). Empirical work informed by this approach supports eight novel hypotheses relating to individual, group, and systemic dimensions of the creativity process. These also provide an agenda for future creativity research.
Abstract.
Author URL.
Adarves-Yorno I, Jetten J, Postmes T, Haslam SA (2013). What are we fighting for?: the effects of framing on ingroup identification and allegiance.
Journal of Social Psychology,
153(1), 25-37.
Abstract:
What are we fighting for?: the effects of framing on ingroup identification and allegiance
Two studies were conducted examining the impact of framing on ingroup identification and allegiance in the context of international conflicts. The first study was carried out among British students at the beginning of the war in Afghanistan (N = 69). Perceptions of the war were manipulated by varying the frame that determined whether the war was perceived as positive and just or negative. Participants provided with a positive frame on the war identified more with their ingroup (Britain), and displayed higher allegiance to the United States than when given a negative frame. These findings were replicated in a second study conducted in the context of the second Iraq war (N = 51). Discussion focuses on the way in which framing affects perceptions of intergroup relations and the relationship between self, ingroup and out-group(s). Copyright © 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Abstract.
Young A, Adarves-Yorno I, Taylor S (2012). Keeping the faith: Belonging to the critical community.
Scandinavian Journal of Management,
28(3), 242-249.
Abstract:
Keeping the faith: Belonging to the critical community
This short reflective piece explores what it means to adopt a 'critical' position in organizational scholarship. We offer three separate narratives that combine when we consider what it means to believe in being critical. Each narrative examines the identification with this particular academic perspective from a different standpoint, including the performance of rationality and embodiment; the assessment of quality through the in-group/out-group theories of social psychology; and the implications of hyper-performativity for having a range of critical voices heard. We conclude by suggesting ways in which the critical community might adopt a more reflective position about embodied behaviors. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
Abstract.
Adarves-Yorno I, Alexander Haslam S, Postmes T (2008). And now for something completely different? the impact of group membership on perceptions of creativity.
Social Influence,
3(4), 248-266.
Abstract:
And now for something completely different? the impact of group membership on perceptions of creativity
A wealth of historical, cultural, and biographical evidence points to the fact that there is considerable variation in different people's judgments of creative products. What is creative to one person is deviant to another, and creative efforts often fail to be given the enthusiastic reception that their creators anticipate and think they deserve. Unpacking the roots of these discrepancies, this paper develops an analysis of creativity that is informed by the social identity approach. This analysis is supported by a review of previous research that points to the way in which perceptions of creativity are structured by both self-categorization and social norms (and their interaction). Further support for the analysis is provided by two experiments (Ns=100, 125) which support the hypothesis that ingroup products are perceived to be more creative than those of outgroups independently of other factors with which group membership is typically correlated in the world at large (e.g. quality). The studies also indicate that this pattern is not simply a manifestation of generic ingroup bias since judgments of creativity diverge from those of both likeability (Experiment 1) and beauty (Experiment 2). The theoretical and practical significance of these findings is discussed with particular reference to innovation resistance and the "not invented here" syndrome.
Abstract.
Full text.
Bolden R, Gosling J, Adarves-Yorno I, Burgoyne J (2008). High Performance Leadership: Narratives of identity and control in corporate leadership development and performance management.
Business Leadership Review,
5(1).
Abstract:
High Performance Leadership: Narratives of identity and control in corporate leadership development and performance management
This article reviews the outcomes of a three year workshop series with senior leadership and management development managers from a range of public and private sector organisations. The aim of this enquiry was to explore the interface between performance management and leadership development systems and the extent to which they can complement one another to offer a coherent progression and performance framework. A number of competing and inter-related dynamics were uncovered that influence the extent to which performance management systems facilitate appropriate and desirable forms of behaviour in organisations and the extent to which these are supported and reinforced through leadership development. The most significant of these influences was seen to be one of identity and the impact that these systems can have on a sense of shared ‘social identity’ and purpose. By way of conclusion we argue that the narrative function of corporate leadership systems in expressing ‘who we are’ and ‘what we value’ is equally, if not more, important in determining their impact (positive or negative) than their corrective or developmental capacity per se.
Abstract.
Full text.
Adarves-Yorno I, Postmes T, Haslam SA (2007). Creative innovation or crazy irrelevance?. The contribution of group norms and social identity to creative behavior.
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology,
43(3), 410-416.
Abstract:
Creative innovation or crazy irrelevance?. The contribution of group norms and social identity to creative behavior
This paper develops an analysis of innovative behavior and creativity that is informed by the social identity perspective. Two studies manipulated group norms and analyzed their impact on creative behavior. The results of Study I show that when people are asked to make a creative product collectively they display conformity to ingroup norms, but that they deviate from ingroup norms when group members make the same products on their own. A parallel result was found in group members' private perceptions of what they consider creative. In Study 2, the social identity of participants was made salient. Results showed conformity to group norms even when group members worked on their own creations. Findings suggest that innovative behavior is informed by normative context, and that in contexts in which people operate as members of a group (either physically through collective action, or psychologically through social identity salience) innovation will respect normative boundaries. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Abstract.
Full text.
Adarves-Yorno I, Postmes T, Haslam SA (2006). Social identity and the recognition of creativity in groups.
British Journal of Social Psychology,
45(Pt 3), 479-497.
Abstract:
Social identity and the recognition of creativity in groups.
This paper develops an analysis of creativity that is informed by the social identity approach. Two studies are reported that support this analysis. Study 1 (N=73) manipulated social identity salience and the content of group norms. The group norm was either conservative (i.e. promoted no change) or progressive (i.e. promoted change). When social identity was salient and the group norm was conservative, a non-novel proposal was perceived to be more creative. Study 2 (N=63) manipulated social norms and identity relevance. Results showed that while social norms influenced perceptions of creativity, identity relevance influenced positivity but not perceptions of creativity. These findings support the idea that perceptions of creativity are grounded in the normative content of group membership and self-categorization processes.
Abstract.
Adarves-Yorno I, Postmes T, Haslam SA (2006). The contribution of group norms and level of identity to innovative behaviour and perception of creativity. Australian Journal of Psychology, 58, 16-16.
iayorno, Hornsey MJ, Jetten J (2006). When group members admit to being conformist: the role of relative intragroup status in conformity self-reports.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin,
32(2), 162-173.
Abstract:
When group members admit to being conformist: the role of relative intragroup status in conformity self-reports
Five studies examined the hypothesis that people will strategically portray the self as being more group influenced the more junior they feel within the group. Among social psychologists (Study 1), ratings of self-conformity by group members were greater when the status of the participant was low than when it was high. These effects were replicated in Studies 2, 3, and 4 in which relative intragroup status was manipulated. In Study 3, the authors found junior group members described themselves as more conformist than senior members when they were addressing an ingroup audience, but when they were addressing an outgroup audience the effect disappeared. Furthermore, junior members (but not senior members) rated themselves as more conformist when they were led to believe their responses were public than when responses were private (Study 5). The discussion focuses on the strategic processes underlying low-status group members' self-reports of group influence and the functional role of conformity in groups.
Abstract.
Full text.
Oceja Venancio L, Adarves-Yorno I, Fernandez Dols JM (2001). Normas perversas en los estudios de ingenieria (Perverse norms in engineering studies). Taryiba, Revista de investigacion e innovacion educativa, 1(27), 5-27.
Chapters
Adarves-Yorno I (2016). Leadership and the paradoxes of authenticity. In (Ed)
Leadership Paradoxes: Rethinking Leadership for an Uncertain World, 115-130.
Abstract:
Leadership and the paradoxes of authenticity
Abstract.
Full text.
Reports
Bolden R, Gosling J, Burgoyne J, Adarves-Yorno I (2007). CELEX3 High Performance Workshop Series: Final Report. Exeter. Centre for Leadership Studies, University of Exeter.
Bolden R, Gosling J, Adarves-Yorno I, Burgoyne J, Roe K (2006). CELEX II: High Performance Leadership Workshop Series Report.
Cridland J, Bolden R, Gosling J, Burgoyne J, Adarves-Yorno I (2005). CELEX I: High Performance Leadership Workshop Series Report.
Publications by year
2016
Adarves-Yorno I (2016). Leadership and the paradoxes of authenticity. In (Ed)
Leadership Paradoxes: Rethinking Leadership for an Uncertain World, 115-130.
Abstract:
Leadership and the paradoxes of authenticity
Abstract.
Full text.
2015
Haslam SA, Adarves-Yorno I, Postmes T (2015). Creativity is collective.
Scientific American Mind,
Volume 23(Issue 5).
Abstract:
Creativity is collective
Psychologists and other commentators have always treated creativity as the ultimate expression of human individuality. However, to fully understand creativity we need to look beyond the individual:. Groups and social context give creativity both form and force.
Abstract.
Author URL.
Full text.
Jeanrenaud SJ, Adarves-Yorno, I, Forsans, N (2015). Exploring a One Planet Mindset and its Relevance in a Transition to a Sustainable Economy.
Building Sustainable Legacies(5. Reframing the Game: the Transition to a. New Sustainable Economy).
Abstract:
Exploring a One Planet Mindset and its Relevance in a Transition to a Sustainable Economy
Exeter’s One Planet MBA (OP MBA), co-founded and delivered with WWF International, is helping develop a new generation of business leaders, integrating sustainability thinking across its business education curriculum, and fostering a “One Planet Mindset”. But what is a One Planet Mindset? and what is its significance in a transition to a sustainable economy? This paper draws on the sustainability and management literature, and explorations with students to offer some preliminary reflections on these questions. It makes the case that a One Planet Mindset aggregates knowledge, values and skills which help deliver positive outcomes for people, planet and prosperity. It engages a new metaphor of nature as a living planet – one that recognizes that the health of the economy is rooted in, and not independent of, living planetary systems. Such a mindset provides a powerful lever for transforming, self, business and society in the contested transition to a sustainable economy.
Abstract.
2013
Adarves-Yorno I, Jetten J, Postmes T, Haslam A (2013). 'War on Terror' or 'Terror of War'? the Effects of Framing on Ingroup Identification and Allegiance. Journal of Social Psychology., 153, 25-37.
Haslam SA, Adarves-Yorno I, Postmes T, Jans L (2013). The collective origins of valued originality: a social identity approach to creativity.
Pers Soc Psychol Rev,
17(4), 384-401.
Abstract:
The collective origins of valued originality: a social identity approach to creativity.
Prevailing approaches to individual and group creativity have focused on personal factors that contribute to creative behavior (e.g. personality, intelligence, motivation), and the processes of behaving creatively and appreciating creativity are understood to be largely unrelated. This article uses social identity and self-categorization theories as the basis for a model of creativity that addresses these lacunae by emphasizing the role that groups play in stimulating and shaping creative acts and in determining the reception they are given. We argue that shared social identity (or lack of it) motivates individuals to rise to particular creative challenges and provides a basis for certain forms of creativity to be recognized (or disregarded). Empirical work informed by this approach supports eight novel hypotheses relating to individual, group, and systemic dimensions of the creativity process. These also provide an agenda for future creativity research.
Abstract.
Author URL.
Adarves-Yorno I, Jetten J, Postmes T, Haslam SA (2013). What are we fighting for?: the effects of framing on ingroup identification and allegiance.
Journal of Social Psychology,
153(1), 25-37.
Abstract:
What are we fighting for?: the effects of framing on ingroup identification and allegiance
Two studies were conducted examining the impact of framing on ingroup identification and allegiance in the context of international conflicts. The first study was carried out among British students at the beginning of the war in Afghanistan (N = 69). Perceptions of the war were manipulated by varying the frame that determined whether the war was perceived as positive and just or negative. Participants provided with a positive frame on the war identified more with their ingroup (Britain), and displayed higher allegiance to the United States than when given a negative frame. These findings were replicated in a second study conducted in the context of the second Iraq war (N = 51). Discussion focuses on the way in which framing affects perceptions of intergroup relations and the relationship between self, ingroup and out-group(s). Copyright © 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Abstract.
2012
Young A, Adarves-Yorno I, Taylor S (2012). Keeping the faith: Belonging to the critical community.
Scandinavian Journal of Management,
28(3), 242-249.
Abstract:
Keeping the faith: Belonging to the critical community
This short reflective piece explores what it means to adopt a 'critical' position in organizational scholarship. We offer three separate narratives that combine when we consider what it means to believe in being critical. Each narrative examines the identification with this particular academic perspective from a different standpoint, including the performance of rationality and embodiment; the assessment of quality through the in-group/out-group theories of social psychology; and the implications of hyper-performativity for having a range of critical voices heard. We conclude by suggesting ways in which the critical community might adopt a more reflective position about embodied behaviors. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
Abstract.
2008
Adarves-Yorno I, Alexander Haslam S, Postmes T (2008). And now for something completely different? the impact of group membership on perceptions of creativity.
Social Influence,
3(4), 248-266.
Abstract:
And now for something completely different? the impact of group membership on perceptions of creativity
A wealth of historical, cultural, and biographical evidence points to the fact that there is considerable variation in different people's judgments of creative products. What is creative to one person is deviant to another, and creative efforts often fail to be given the enthusiastic reception that their creators anticipate and think they deserve. Unpacking the roots of these discrepancies, this paper develops an analysis of creativity that is informed by the social identity approach. This analysis is supported by a review of previous research that points to the way in which perceptions of creativity are structured by both self-categorization and social norms (and their interaction). Further support for the analysis is provided by two experiments (Ns=100, 125) which support the hypothesis that ingroup products are perceived to be more creative than those of outgroups independently of other factors with which group membership is typically correlated in the world at large (e.g. quality). The studies also indicate that this pattern is not simply a manifestation of generic ingroup bias since judgments of creativity diverge from those of both likeability (Experiment 1) and beauty (Experiment 2). The theoretical and practical significance of these findings is discussed with particular reference to innovation resistance and the "not invented here" syndrome.
Abstract.
Full text.
Bolden R, Gosling J, Adarves-Yorno I, Burgoyne J (2008). High Performance Leadership: Narratives of identity and control in corporate leadership development and performance management.
Business Leadership Review,
5(1).
Abstract:
High Performance Leadership: Narratives of identity and control in corporate leadership development and performance management
This article reviews the outcomes of a three year workshop series with senior leadership and management development managers from a range of public and private sector organisations. The aim of this enquiry was to explore the interface between performance management and leadership development systems and the extent to which they can complement one another to offer a coherent progression and performance framework. A number of competing and inter-related dynamics were uncovered that influence the extent to which performance management systems facilitate appropriate and desirable forms of behaviour in organisations and the extent to which these are supported and reinforced through leadership development. The most significant of these influences was seen to be one of identity and the impact that these systems can have on a sense of shared ‘social identity’ and purpose. By way of conclusion we argue that the narrative function of corporate leadership systems in expressing ‘who we are’ and ‘what we value’ is equally, if not more, important in determining their impact (positive or negative) than their corrective or developmental capacity per se.
Abstract.
Full text.
2007
Bolden R, Gosling J, Burgoyne J, Adarves-Yorno I (2007). CELEX3 High Performance Workshop Series: Final Report. Exeter. Centre for Leadership Studies, University of Exeter.
Adarves-Yorno I, Postmes T, Haslam SA (2007). Creative innovation or crazy irrelevance?. The contribution of group norms and social identity to creative behavior.
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology,
43(3), 410-416.
Abstract:
Creative innovation or crazy irrelevance?. The contribution of group norms and social identity to creative behavior
This paper develops an analysis of innovative behavior and creativity that is informed by the social identity perspective. Two studies manipulated group norms and analyzed their impact on creative behavior. The results of Study I show that when people are asked to make a creative product collectively they display conformity to ingroup norms, but that they deviate from ingroup norms when group members make the same products on their own. A parallel result was found in group members' private perceptions of what they consider creative. In Study 2, the social identity of participants was made salient. Results showed conformity to group norms even when group members worked on their own creations. Findings suggest that innovative behavior is informed by normative context, and that in contexts in which people operate as members of a group (either physically through collective action, or psychologically through social identity salience) innovation will respect normative boundaries. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Abstract.
Full text.
2006
Bolden R, Gosling J, Adarves-Yorno I, Burgoyne J, Roe K (2006). CELEX II: High Performance Leadership Workshop Series Report.
Adarves-Yorno I, Postmes T, Haslam SA (2006). Social identity and the recognition of creativity in groups.
British Journal of Social Psychology,
45(Pt 3), 479-497.
Abstract:
Social identity and the recognition of creativity in groups.
This paper develops an analysis of creativity that is informed by the social identity approach. Two studies are reported that support this analysis. Study 1 (N=73) manipulated social identity salience and the content of group norms. The group norm was either conservative (i.e. promoted no change) or progressive (i.e. promoted change). When social identity was salient and the group norm was conservative, a non-novel proposal was perceived to be more creative. Study 2 (N=63) manipulated social norms and identity relevance. Results showed that while social norms influenced perceptions of creativity, identity relevance influenced positivity but not perceptions of creativity. These findings support the idea that perceptions of creativity are grounded in the normative content of group membership and self-categorization processes.
Abstract.
Adarves-Yorno I, Postmes T, Haslam SA (2006). The contribution of group norms and level of identity to innovative behaviour and perception of creativity. Australian Journal of Psychology, 58, 16-16.
iayorno, Hornsey MJ, Jetten J (2006). When group members admit to being conformist: the role of relative intragroup status in conformity self-reports.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin,
32(2), 162-173.
Abstract:
When group members admit to being conformist: the role of relative intragroup status in conformity self-reports
Five studies examined the hypothesis that people will strategically portray the self as being more group influenced the more junior they feel within the group. Among social psychologists (Study 1), ratings of self-conformity by group members were greater when the status of the participant was low than when it was high. These effects were replicated in Studies 2, 3, and 4 in which relative intragroup status was manipulated. In Study 3, the authors found junior group members described themselves as more conformist than senior members when they were addressing an ingroup audience, but when they were addressing an outgroup audience the effect disappeared. Furthermore, junior members (but not senior members) rated themselves as more conformist when they were led to believe their responses were public than when responses were private (Study 5). The discussion focuses on the strategic processes underlying low-status group members' self-reports of group influence and the functional role of conformity in groups.
Abstract.
Full text.
2005
Cridland J, Bolden R, Gosling J, Burgoyne J, Adarves-Yorno I (2005). CELEX I: High Performance Leadership Workshop Series Report.
2001
Oceja Venancio L, Adarves-Yorno I, Fernandez Dols JM (2001). Normas perversas en los estudios de ingenieria (Perverse norms in engineering studies). Taryiba, Revista de investigacion e innovacion educativa, 1(27), 5-27.
