Creative Self-efficacy Research Articles

Creative Self-Efficacy, Cognitive Reappraisal, Positive Affect, and Career Satisfaction: A Serial Mediation Model.

With a substantial body of research supporting the critical role of positive affect in improving work outcomes and enhancing career success, investigating the factors that facilitate emotion regulation strategies for fostering positive affect becomes an important research question. In this context, our study explores the association between strong creative self-efficacy and high cognitive reappraisal-an established and potent emotion regulation strategy known to increase positive affect. We propose a model wherein high levels of creative self-efficacy lead to a tendency for cognitive reappraisal, resulting in high levels of positive affect that ultimately contribute to greater career satisfaction. Our investigation, conducted with a sample of 550 adults in South Korea, examines the indirect relationship between creative self-efficacy and career satisfaction through cognitive reappraisal and, in turn, positive affect. Our findings reveal a positive association between creative self-efficacy and cognitive reappraisal. Moreover, a significant relationship is observed between creative self-efficacy and positive affect through the mediation of cognitive reappraisal. Importantly, the indirect effect of creative self-efficacy on career satisfaction is mediated through cognitive reappraisal and then positive affect. These findings not only expand our insight into the factors contributing to positive affect and career satisfaction but also underscore the valuable role of creative self-efficacy in career satisfaction.

Has Covid-19 Weakened Workplace Socialization? Associating Outcomes of Excessive Work Time With the Entrepreneurial Behavior of Employees.

The Covid outbreak and the resulting work processes have led to excessive work pressure requirements for a large majority of the employees due to continuous requirements for adaptation to changing work processes. However, outcomes of new work dynamics on employees' behavioral and attitudinal changes have been insufficiently examined during and after the Covid period. Hence, this empirical research has used the social identity theory to conceptualize and test the relationship between excessive work time and the entrepreneurial behavior of employees. Moreover, the mediating role of socialization tactics and creative self-efficacy, as well as the moderating role of resilience are also examined in the above relationship for unveiling the role of crucial intervening and conditional factors in individualized change experiences. Based on the analysis of data collected from managerial-level employees through the use of structural equation modeling, the empirical results have suggested a negative impact of excessive work time on the entrepreneurial behavior of employees. Also, the intervening role of formal socialization and creative self-efficacy were found to be significant in this relationship, thus suggesting the crucial direct as well as indirect relationships. Using the findings, implications as well as future research directions are discussed towards the end of the article.

Öğretmen Adaylarının Yaratıcı Özyeterlilik Düzeyleri ile 21. Yüzyıl Becerileri Öğretimi Düzeyleri Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the teaching of 21st-century skills and the creative self-efficacy of prospective teachers. The research followed a correlational survey design and involved 175 prospective teachers enrolled at a university in the eastern region of Turkey. Data collection was carried out using the "21st Century Skills Teaching Scale" and the "Creative Self-Efficacy Scale." Descriptive statistics, t-tests, ANOVA, Pearson Correlation Analysis, and Linear Regression Analysis were employed to analyze the data. The findings revealed that the prospective teachers exhibited a high level of proficiency in teaching 21st-century skills and had a strong sense of creative self-efficacy. There was no significant difference in the level of teaching 21st-century skills and creative self-efficacy among prospective teachers from different departments. However, male prospective teachers demonstrated a higher level of proficiency in teaching 21st-century skills compared to their female counterparts. Furthermore, a positive and significant relationship was observed between the teaching of 21st-century skills and creative self-efficacy.

The effects of positive and negative emotionality on creative self-efficacy: the case of hotel business employees

Individual and organizational factors affect employees' creative self-efficacy (CSE). According to the employees' positive emotionality (PE) and negative emotionality (NE), their CSE also differs. In this context, the research’s primary purpose is to examine the relationship between emotional states and the CSE of hotel employees. As a result of correlation analysis, a positive and significant relationship was determined between PE and CSE. A negative and significant relationship was found between an NE and CSE. As a result of the regression analysis, it was determined that the emotional state of the employees significantly affected CSE. As a result of the independent samples t-test, the employees’ CSE does not differ significantly regarding gender and marital status. As a result of the ANOVA test, the CSE of the employees does not differ significantly according to age and working department. However, CSE significantly differs according to the employees' education status and working time.

Self-Efficacy Memediasi Transformational Leadership Terhadap Kinerja Pegawai

The amount to which the leadership function is performed will have a significant impact on the organization's ability to achieve the company goals that have been established by the corporation. Looking into employees' creative self-efficacy is one thing that leaders need to do in order to boost employee performance. State-owned PT Pos Indonesia has the greatest service network that is dispersed over the entire nation. PT Pos Indonesia (Persero) is now undergoing changes related to its operations, human resources, subsidiaries, and product development. However, PT Pos Indonesia also competes fiercely with other businesses of a similar nature, such JNE, J&T, Tiki, Sicepat, etc. The purpose of this study is to examine and ascertain the impact of transformational leadership on employee performance at PT. Pos Indonesia Bandung through creative self-efficacy. The research methodology makes use of questionnaire-based data collecting, descriptive and verification methodologies, and the SmartPLS 3.3.3 analysis tool. The sampling technique combines convenience sampling with nonprobability sampling. The findings of this study demonstrate that transformational leadership significantly and favorably impacts employee performance. Transformational leadership has a favorable and considerable impact on creative self-efficacy. Employee performance is positively and significantly impacted by creative self-efficacy. Then, through creative self-efficacy, transformational leadership has a substantial impact on staff performance.

소프트웨어 교육 효과성 검증

Objectives This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of software (SW) education programs implemented in elementary, middle, and high schools, focusing on their impact on computational thinking, creativity, and SW attitudes. Additionally, the study aimed to verify whether gender differences occur in these competencies among students.
 Methods A pre-post survey related to computational thinking, creative self-efficacy, and SW attitudes was con-ducted among 814 elementary, middle, and high school students who participated in SW·AI camps during the winter vacation period in 2022. The survey was administered at the first and final classes of the camp programs. Data analysis involved independent t-tests, paired t-tests, and comparisons to measure improvements in com-putational thinking, creative self-efficacy, SW attitudes, and gender-based differences.
 Results The post-test results revealed an average score of 3.739(standard deviation = 0.794) for students' com-putational thinking, 3.694(standard deviation = 0.873) for creative self-efficacy, and 3.741(standard deviation = 0.875) for SW attitudes. The pre-post score comparison revealed statistically significant improvement in these competencies. Furthermore, when comparing gender differences, male students showed significantly higher scores than female students only in SW attitudes.
 Conclusions SW education programs conducted in elementary, middle, and high school settings demonstrated a significant positive impact on computational thinking, creative self-efficacy, and SW attitudes. Additionally, gender differences were observed in SW attitudes. These results emphasize the necessity of enhancing the qual-ity management of SW education and providing operational and administrative support, aligning with the national policy's expansion of software education. Further research is proposed based on the limitations of the study.

Can AI really help? The double-edged sword effect of AI assistant on employees’ innovation behavior

With artificial intelligence (AI) replacing humans at work, creative work is becoming increasingly important for humans. Although AI may improve employees' innovation behavior, some evidence suggests a negative effect through employees' psychological well-being. To address these contradictory arguments, this study investigated the double-edged sword effect of AI-assistant intelligence on employees' innovation behavior based on the transactional model of stress. Two scenario-based experiments reveal that an AI assistant characterized as high intelligence has a positive indirect effect on employees' AI-enabled innovation behavior via creative self-efficacy, while the indirect effect is stronger when organizational AI readiness is higher than when it is lower. However, the same AI assistance has a negative indirect effect on employees’ AI-enabled innovation behavior via STARA awareness when organizational AI readiness is low. These findings have pivotal implications for both management theory and practice.

Becoming a Creative Genius

The increasing complexity of society's sustainability issues requires new educational approaches that facilitate transversal skills and competencies suitable for the 21st century. Students must be equipped with discipline-specific expertise or technical skill; but also competencies to collaborate across disciplines in creating innovative solutions to complex problems. This paper explores whether a problem-based learning environment focusing on creativity facilitates transdisciplinary engagement and creative competencies and to what extent this manifests into transdisciplinary career paths and creative mindsets in a life-long learning perspective. An analysis of interviews with graduates from a transdisciplinary program, Creative Genius, at Aalborg University indicates that a pedagogical approach focusing on the embodiment of creative competencies helps prepare students to transition from student to professional and equip them to engage in transdisciplinary and complex problem-solving in industry and society. Based on the results, the paper proposes a model for creative transdisciplinary thinking and suggests a focus on creative self-efficacy as an essential learning outcome in transdisciplinary PBL environments.

THE IMPACT OF MASTERY GOAL ORIENTATION IN MODERATING CREATIVE SELF-EFFICACY ON FEEDBACK RECEIVED FOR IMPROVING INNOVATIVE WORK BEHAVIOR AND CREATIVE PERFORMANCE IN INDONESIAN TEACHERS

Creativity is an important characteristic that must be possessed by teachers to be able to solve various problems in the world of education with the aim that learning can be achieved optimally. Apart from the talent that has been possessed since birth, creativity can also be presented by several factors. External factors, namely the role of feedback and internal factors, namely creative self-efficacy, innovative work behavior, and mastery goal orientation. The purpose of this research is to identify the influence of creative self-efficacy, innovative work behavior, and creative performance which is moderated by feedback and mastery goal orientation for all teachers in Indonesia. This study was designed using a purposive sampling method involving 265 teachers of Vocational High Schools (SMK) in Indonesia with various subjects and with at least 1 semester of teaching experience. Data were analyzed using Structural Equation Model (SEM) with SmartPLS 3.2.9. Some of the findings in this study are that creative self-efficacy and innovative work behavior have an influence on creative performance. Feedback also has a moderating effect on the relationship between creative self-efficacy and creative performance variables. However, there is no moderating effect on the mastery goal orientation variable which links feedback to creative performance

Creative self-efficacy – a double-edged sword: the moderating role of mindfulness between deliberate practice, creative self-efficacy, and innovation performance

PurposeDeliberate practice, an iterative process, has garnered increasing attention of researchers and practitioners in entrepreneurship and business domains in the recent years. However, research studies are on rise that found its positive correlates with superior performance. Nevertheless, whether the relationship always holds positive is an intriguing question that wedged the authors’ attention to probe the causal mechanism that might scrutinize the association otherwise. The purpose of the study is to build on the social cognitive theory and the attribution theory to project that deliberate practice deteriorates innovation performance due to augmented creative self-efficacy (CSE). While, individuals who draw on their mindfulness can overcome the harmful effects of increased CSE on innovation performance, subsequently translating deliberate practice into enhanced innovation performance through CSE.Design/methodology/approachThe authors gather data from 312 entrepreneurs in the small and medium enterprises using a time-lagged research design and analyze the results using SmartPLS (v 4.0).FindingsThe findings reveal that deliberate practice significantly affects CSE of entrepreneurs. Besides, deliberate practice negatively influences innovation performance through CSE. In addition, the study finds that mindfulness significantly moderates the relationships between CSE and innovation performance and deliberate practice and innovation performance through CSE.Originality/valueThis is the first study that examines a moderated mediated model of CSE as a deteriorating agent and mindfulness as a coping mechanism between deliberate practice and innovation performance of entrepreneurs. The study highlights several essential theoretical and practical implications.

Role of Work-Family Conflict on Work Performance Among Employees in Chinese National AMCS

Purpose: The objective of this study was t to investigate the impact of work-family conflict on work performance, with a particular focus on the mediating role of employee innovative behavior and the moderating role of creative self-efficacy, based on the principles of the Stimulus-Organism-Response (SOR) theory among employees in Chinese national AMCs. Theoretical framework: Recent literature has reported good results in work-family conflict in work performance (Hendra and Made, 2019). However, there is still much to investigate and learn about WP because it is a recent development. Design/Methodology/Approach: This study adopted SEM (Structural Equation Modeling) research method and using the software PLS 3.0 processing data collected from 548 questionnaires distributed through email-box to the general employees of four main cities of the four national AMCs in China. Findings: Based on this study, it can be concluded that work-family conflict has a significant negative impact on work performance in the AMC industry. Higher levels of work-family conflict leading to lower work performance. However, employee’s creative self-efficacy and innovative behavior can improve their performance. Research, Practical & Social implications: This study contributes to the existing literature exploring the role of work-family conflict as a negative factor affecting employees' work performance within the framework of the Stimulus-Organism-Response (SOR) theory. Practically, this study provides valuable guidance for managers in noticing and addressing specific challenges within China's national AMCs. We suggest a future research of framework in this research in other industries or countries with different cultural, economic, and organizational contexts with longitudinal or experimental designs. Originality/Value: The results highlight the relevance of the SOR framework in guiding managerial considerations, addressing practical problems, and fostering positive work environments that lead to improved work performance in national asset management companies.

Crenças do Self Criativo de Estudantes de Escolas Civis e Militares

Abstract Creative Self-Efficacy (CSE) and Creative Personal Identity (CPI) are creative self-beliefs which act as creative achievement predictors in different contexts, including school. Brazilian theoretical studies suggest that characteristics of military school can inhibit creative expression. The question is raised whether the school environment can influence CSE and CPI. Therefore, the goal was to compare male and female students from military and civilian schools, in terms of CSE and IPC, in addition to verifying the interaction between the variables. Participants were 230 secondary school students, with a mean age of 16.07 years (SD = .92). The Short Scale of Creative Self (SSCS) and a sociodemographic questionnaire were used. No significant differences or interactions were observed, except for the higher IPC in women when compared to men. Thus, it is possible that the typical restrictions of the military model of education do not necessarily imply barriers to creativity.

예비 특수교사의 실패에 대한 부정적 반응이 창의적 자기 효능감에 미치는 영향 탐색

This study explores the influence of negative reactions to failure on the creative self-efficacy of preservice special education teachers and evaluates the significance of these characteristics. The study included a sample of 61 undergraduate students enrolled in a four-year elementary special education program at a teacher training university in Region A. Participants were administered self-report questionnaires to assess learned helplessness in both academic and everyday contexts, as well as creative self-efficacy. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and regression analysis. The results indicated a significant negative correlation between all variables of perceived learned helplessness-including perceived lack of control, absence of positive affect, and lack of active engagement-and creative self-efficacy. Regression analysis further indicated a significant predictive relationship between perceived lack of control and creative self-efficacy. These findings highlight the importance of understanding negative explanation style which can impede creative self-efficacy. The implications of this research could be valuable for educational practitioners and researchers aiming to enhance creative self-efficacy of pre-service special education teachers.

Diversity of Group Memberships Predicts Well-Being: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Evidence.

Groups have their health and well-being impacted by satisfying their members' needs and providing resources to help cope with threats. Multiple group memberships serve to accumulate these benefits and also provide resilience to the effects of group loss. However, the additional well-being benefits of belonging to multiple different types of group remain to be determined. In a preregistered cross-sectional survey in Nottingham, England (Study 1, N = 328), we found that group-type diversity predicted well-being and that this effect was fully serially mediated by increased creative self-efficacy, then reduced loneliness. To confirm our hypothesis in a more robust sample we conducted longitudinal analyses on the English Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSA) dataset (Study 2, N = 5,838) finding that group-type diversity at time one (T1) predicted well-being at T2 (4 years later), even when accounting for wellbeing and loneliness at T1. We discuss the implications for enhancing group-based health interventions.

The role of knowledge sharing and creative self-efficacy on the self-leadership and innovative work behavior relationship

The current study employs social cognitive theory to analyze the moderated mediation model of self-leadership and innovative work behavior. Further, this research assesses the mediating impact of knowledge sharing, and the moderating effect of creative self-efficacy in the above-mentioned direct relationship. To test this model, data were gathered, at two different times, from 283 subordinates and 129 supervisors, working in various software companies in major cities in Punjab, Pakistan. The findings showed a significant impact of self-leadership and innovative work behavior. Additionally, the results supported the mediating role of creative self-efficacy in the association between these two qualities. Moreover, a higher level of knowledge sharing strengthens the link between self-leadership and innovative work behavior. The study revealed that self-leadership is vital in fostering innovative work behavior. This research recommends how businesses might use self-leadership strategies to promote innovative work behavior.

Can Paternalistic Leadership Promote Chinese College Teachers’ Creativity? Understanding the Mediating Role of Creative Self-Efficacy

The purpose of the current study was to explore the effects of three dimensions of paternalistic leadership (i.e., authoritarian leadership, benevolent leadership, and moral leadership) on the creativity of Chinese college teachers. Based on social cognitive theory, the mediating role of creative self-efficacy in the relationship between the three dimensions of paternalistic leadership and creativity was also investigated. A questionnaire survey methodology was adopted with data collected from a sample of 775 college teachers as participants in the Shandong province of China. The results revealed college teachers’ perceived benevolent leadership and moral leadership had a significant positive impact on their creativity; perceived authoritarian leadership, however, demonstrated a significant negative effect on creativity; creativity self-efficacy was reported to partially or completely mediate between all three dimensions of perceived paternalistic leadership and creativity. These findings provided theoretical and practical insights for enhancing creativity among college teachers. College leaders are encouraged to exhibit benevolent and moral leadership behaviors while limiting authoritarian leadership behaviors. It is also recommended that colleges introduce management practices such as training and creative development tutorials to improve the creative self-efficacy of college teachers and enhance their creativity.

Outcomes of a Design Thinking Program on Social Workers: An Evaluation Study

Purpose: This study explored the outcomes of a youth empowerment program guided by design thinking on social workers’ innovations in youth service. Method: Forty-seven practitioners joined this program with two stages: the capacity-building stage and the implementation stage. A pretest-intermediate test-posttest design survey was used to explore practitioners’ changes. Results: Significant differences were found in creative self-efficacy and innovative behavior, with the posttest mean scores of these indicators being higher than those of the pretest. Additionally, the results indicated significant differences in youth-practitioner partnerships and inter-professional learning. The posttest mean score of youth-practitioner partnerships was higher than those of the pretest and intermediate test, while the posttest and intermediate test mean scores of interprofessional learning were higher than that of the pretest. Conclusion: The findings suggest that participants need both opportunities to learn about design thinking through capacity-building and to integrate what they have learned during project implementation.

CREATIVE SELF-EFFICACY: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF OUTSTANDING AND ORDINARY STUDENTS IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

This study investigated the self-efficacy performance of outstanding and ordinary students. The study determined the level of creative self-efficacy among outstanding and ordinary students. A total of 76 undergraduates participated in the study, 37 outstanding students, and 39 ordinary students. Data were collected using an online survey questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of the Abbott scale of creative self-efficacy. The scale contains 21 items that cover self-efficacy in creative thinking and self-efficacy in creative performance. The findings of the study showed that the level of creative self-efficacy is high among the participants. The results of the study revealed statistically significant differences due to gender variables in favour of male students. Similarly, significant differences are found in the total score of the Abbott scale of creative self-efficacy in favour of the outstanding students. The study offers several recommendations.

Effect of Creative Self-Efficacy on Creativity among College Students: The Moderating Effect of College Innovation Climate

Creativity is one of the five core competencies in the twenty-first century, and increasing attention has been paid to creativity development among students worldwide. Higher education institutions play a vital role in fostering creativity among university students. The present study examines the effect of creative self-efficacy and the college innovation climate on creativity of university students through the lens of social cognitive theory. A total of 573 questionnaires were collected from students at five universities in Hebei, China; the resulting data were analyzed through hierarchical regression analysis. The results confirmed that creative self-efficacy has a significant effect and that college innovation climate has a significant positive effect on university students’ creativity. Furthermore, the study revealed the moderating effect of the college innovation climate on the relation between creative self-efficacy and creativity. These findings offer theoretical and practical insights for enhancing creativity among university students.

Graduate student challenge-hindrance scientific research stress and creativity: Mediating effect of creative self-efficacy

This study examined the relationship between graduate student challenge-hindrance scientific research stress and creativity and the mediating role of creative self-efficacy in that relationship. Participants were 1 210 Chinese graduate students from a large university in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai (females = 57.1%; humanities = 22.2%, social sciences = 45.9%, science, agriculture, and medicine = 21.9%; doctoral = 38.3%; mean age = 25.50 years). Using structural equation modelling and the bootstrap method, the results showed that challenge scientific research stress had a direct positive effect on graduate students’ creativity, while hindrance scientific research stress had a direct negative predictive effect on graduate students’ creativity, but to a lesser extent. Creative self-efficacy partially mediated the relationship between graduate student challenge scientific research stress and creativity, strengthening the relationship. Also, creative self-efficacy fully mediated in hindrance scientific research stress on graduate student creativity. These results are related to the differences in graduate students’ experiences of efficacy during individual perceptions of different stressors. The results of this study are consistent with social cognitive theory. These findings suggest a need for research managers to give graduate students suitable and challenging research tasks, a supportive research environment, resources, and material rewards for success.