RECONSIDERING THE TRADE-OFF BETWEEN EXPERTISE AND FLEXIBILITY: A COGNITIVE ENTRENCHMENT PERSPECTIVE

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Dane, Erik
• 署名单位: Rice University
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.5465/AMR.2010.53502832
• 发表日期: 2010
• 页码: 579-603
• 关键词: dynamic decision-making; SUBJECT-MATTER EXPERTS; DELIBERATE PRACTICE; CREATIVE THOUGHT; individual-differences; DIALECTIC PERSPECTIVE; SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE; KNOWLEDGE STRUCTURES; EMPLOYEE CREATIVITY; EXPECTED EVALUATION

摘要

Research suggests that as one acquires domain expertise, one loses flexibility with regard to problem solving, adaptation, and creative idea generation. Here. I reconsider this trade-off between expertise and flexibility by examining the concept of cognitive entrenchment-a high level of stability in one's domain schemas. Proposing that cognitive entrenchment varies not only with expertise but also with one's task environment and attentional focus. I contend that the inflexibility-related limitations of expertise can be circumvented.