?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=An+Agent-based+Simulation+of+the+Effectiveness+of+Creative+Leadership%0D%0A&rft.creator=Leijnen%2C+M.Sc.+Stefan&rft.creator=Gabora%2C+Dr.++Liane&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.subject=Social+simulation&rft.description=This+paper+investigates+the+effectiveness+of+creative+versus%0D%0Auncreative+leadership+using+EVOC%2C+an+agent-based+model+of%0D%0Acultural+evolution.+Each+iteration%2C+each+agent+in+the+artificial+society+invents+a+new+action%2C+or+imitates+a+neighbor%E2%80%99s+action.+Only+the+leader%E2%80%99s+actions+can+be+imitated+by+all+other+agents%2C+referred+to+as+followers.+Two+measures+of+creativity+were+used%3A+(1)+invention-to-imitation+ratio%2C+iLeader%2C+which+measures+how+often+an+agent+invents%2C+and+(2)+rate+of+conceptual+change%2C+cLeader%2C+which+measures+how+creative+an+invention+is.+High+iLeader+increased+mean+fitness+of+ideas%2C+but+only+when+creativity+of+followers+was+low.+High+iLeader+was+associated+with+greater+diversity+of+ideas+in+the+early+stage+of+idea+generation+only.+High+Leader+increased+mean+fitness+of+ideas+in+the+early+stage+of+idea+generation%3B+in+the+later+stage+it+decreased+idea+fitness.+Reasons+for+these+findings+and+tentative+implications+for+creative+leadership+in+human+society+are+discussed.+&rft.date=2010-05-10&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6846%2F1%2FCogsci2010LeijnenGabora.pdf&rft.identifier=++Leijnen%2C+M.Sc.+Stefan+and+Gabora%2C+Dr.+Liane++(2010)+An+Agent-based+Simulation+of+the+Effectiveness+of+Creative+Leadership.++%5BConference+Paper%5D++++(In+Press)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6846%2F