Computational Creativity in the AI Era: A Research Agenda for Information Systems

References

• Altshuller GS (1984) Creativity as an Exact Science: The Theory of the Solution of Inventive Problems (CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL).Crossref, Google Scholar
• Altshuller GS (1999) The Innovation Algorithm: TRIZ, Systematic Innovation and Technical Creativity (Technical Innovation Center, Worcester, MA).Google Scholar
• Baird A, Maruping LM (2021) The next generation of research on IS use: A theoretical framework of delegation to and from agentic IS artifacts. MIS Quart. 45(1):315–341.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Colton S, Wiggins GA (2012) Computational creativity: The final frontier? Proc. Eur. Conf. Artificial Intelligence (IOS Press, Amsterdam), 21–26.Google Scholar
• Ding M (2020) Logical Creative Thinking Methods (Routledge, New York).Crossref, Google Scholar
• Fügener A, Walzner DD, Gupta A (2026) Roles of artificial intelligence in collaboration with humans: Automation, augmentation, and the future of work. Management Sci. 72(1):538–557.Link, Google Scholar
• Goffman E (1959) The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (Anchor Books, New York).Google Scholar
• Gordetzki P, Blohm I, Clegg M, Schakols F, Hofstetter R (2026) Agency configurations in generative AI ideation: How textual and visual idea concretizations shape idea creativity and ideator effort. Inform. Systems Res., ePub ahead of print July 15, https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2024.0952.Link, Google Scholar
• Heigl R, Jussupow E, Bauer K, Vogt B, Hinz O (2026) The indirect disclosure effect: How disclosing generative AI use impacts human creative collaboration with AI. Inform. Systems Res., ePub ahead of print July 28, https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2024.0951.Google Scholar
• Hevner AR, March ST, Park J, Ram S (2004) Design science in information systems research. MIS Quart. 28(1):75–105.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Hou J, Wang L, Wang G, Wang HJ, Yang S (2025) The double-edged roles of generative AI in the creative process: Experiments on design work. Inform. Systems Res., ePub ahead of print October 3, https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2024.0937.Link, Google Scholar
• Leonardi PM (2011) When flexible routines meet flexible technologies: Affordance, constraint, and the imbrication of human and material agencies. MIS Quart. 35(1):147–167.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Lou B, Ma X, Wu L (2025) Artificial intelligence, CEO turnover, and exploration orientation in firm innovation. Inform. Systems Res., ePub ahead of print, November 25, https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2024.0970.Link, Google Scholar
• Luan Y, Kim Y, Zhou J (2025) Augmented learning for joint creativity in human-GenAI co-creation. Inform. Systems Res., ePub ahead of print, November 27, https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2024.0984.Link, Google Scholar
• Orlikowski WJ, Scott SV (2008) Sociomateriality: Challenging the separation of technology, work and organization. Acad. Management Ann. 2(1):433–474.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Peffers K, Tuunanen T, Rothenberger M, Chatterjee S (2007) A design science research methodology for information systems research. J. Management Inform. Systems 24(3):45–77.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Raisch S, Krakowski S (2021) Artificial intelligence and management: The automation–augmentation paradox. Acad. Management Rev. 46(1):192–210.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Schultze U, Brooks JA (2019) An interactional view of social presence: Making the virtual other real. Inform. Systems J. 29(3):707–737.Crossref, Google Scholar