Abstract
<p style="text-align:justify">This study aims to explore the effect of savoring of teachers at universities in Shandong, China, on their creative behaviors, using creative self-efficacy and aesthetic experience as mediators. This study adopted the use of questionnaires to investigate teachers at 32 universities in Shandong, China. 822 valid questionnaires were retrieved and were analyzed using structural equation model (SEM). Findings from this study include: 1. teachers’ savoring has a negative effect on creative behaviors; 2. teachers’ creative self-efficacy has a positive effect on creative behaviors; 3. teachers’ aesthetic experience has a positive effect on creative behaviors; 4. teachers’ savoring, mediated by creative self-efficacy, has a positive effect on creative behaviors; 5. teachers’ savoring, mediated by aesthetic experience, has a positive effect on creative behaviors.</p>
Highlights
IntroductionTeachers’ creative behaviors can actualize and modify new ideas and promote individuals’ performance to cultivate new talents (Thurlings, Evers & Vermeulen, 2015; Zhou & Hoever, 2014)
The key to actualizing innovation in education lies in the innovation of teachers
This study aims to explore the effect of savoring of teachers at universities in Shandong, China, on their creative behaviors, using creative self-efficacy and aesthetic experience as mediators
Summary
Teachers’ creative behaviors can actualize and modify new ideas and promote individuals’ performance to cultivate new talents (Thurlings, Evers & Vermeulen, 2015; Zhou & Hoever, 2014). University teachers are different from workplace employees Their teaching careers are complicated and challenging, requiring great personal dedication. Their jobs involve instruction of knowledge and skills that require innovation, playing a key role in shaping the overall development of students' personality, emotions, and social values. How to promote innovative behavior through the medium of university teachers' savoring for the purpose of cultivating innovative talents at the university level needs in-depth analysis
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