Perceptions Of Creativity Research Articles

ART PROSPECTION OF YURI RUBASHOV

Rubashov — Honored Artist of Ukraine, Member of the National Union of Artists in Ukraine, Associ- ate Professor of the Department of Drawing the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture.Yurii Rubashov was born in Kyiv in 1947. After the end of the RCSU with the name of T. Shevchenko in 1965, he joined KSAI and till 1971 he studied in prominent Ukrainian graphists: V. Kasyana, I. Selivanov, V. Chebanyk.The artist turns to historical subjects and initiates graphic cycle, dedicated to the history of Kiev Rus and the activities of the kings who influenced the historical passing of events of that time.First of this thesis topic was a series of lithographs "Yaroslav the Wise" (1971), later — a series of graphic com- positions "Kiev Rus" (1979), a series of colored prints "Prince of Kiev", "Princess Olga, Svyatoslav, Vladimir, and Yaroslav the Wise (1992).The artist shows the greatest creative interest in landscape painting (cycles "On the Spain" (1982), "On the Sweden" (1985), "On the Jordan" (1983), "On the Armenia" (1983), "Roads of the Ukraine" (1996) and still life (Sweden Series, 2012–2013).It can be argued that Yu. Rubashov’s works absorbed the lyrics of landscapes with characteristic features of both southern and northern colors, and his still life is characterized by precise organization, a variety of styl- ized forms, which show confidence in the possession of the material and a balanced sense of compositional harmony. In the process of forming the author’s technique, he chooses the path of innovation and experiment, which in turn causes a peculiar interpretation of different technical means — a combination of materials and technologies of different nature. The artist exploits and applies multicolored pigments, oil pastels, watercolors and acrylic paints and the like, mixing everything with different solvents, which gives the opportunity to original express and crystallize a peculiar, author’s style.Drawing on the foundations of academic education, the artist experiments, seeks creative ideas and success- fully incorporates contemporary artistic problems into new imaginative solutions. This is a valuable example of growing skill and formation creative personality.In 2000 and 2015 he received first-degree diplomas All-Ukrainian Triennial of Graphic Arts, in 2012 — Di- ploma of the third stage of the exhibition-competition named G.Yakutovich.Yu. Rubashov fruitfully combines creative work with teaching. In the process of teaching his students, Yu. Rubashov not only lays the foundations of academic drawing, but also encourages to analyze creative material, to study and master the various drawing techniques and opportunities inherent in them.In the general process of contemporary search for an art, together with the academic pragmatism of the cur- riculum, the teacher, especially in the first courses of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Restoration, draws attention of the students in different artistic trends, teaches analytical and creative perception of natural objects and consciously approach the transformation of three-dimensional forms on a two-dimensional work plane of a paper sheet. These methodological principles meet the needs of modern times.The stylistic language of his works is recognizable and special. Not dwelling on what he has achieved, he im- parts his experience to the students, demonstrating the inexhaustible possibilities of drawing and the technical means of its implementation, including pastels. The high level of his works makes it possible to claim that Yu. Rubashov is a master of pastels and his contribution to the development of Ukrainian art is indisputable.

Employees' perceptions of corporate social responsibility and creativity: Employee engagement as a mediator

We explored the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and employee creativity (EC), and investigated how employees' perceptions of CSR and EC interact with perceived organizational support. Data from 278 bank employees in Malawi were analyzed using partial least squares regression. We found that employees' perceptions of CSR were positively related to EC, and that this relationship was mediated by employee engagement. In addition, the moderating effect results showed that when perceived organizational support was high, employees' perceptions of CSR strengthened their work engagement, which then improved EC. These findings indicate that CSR is an important strategic tool in shaping EC. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Specific selective media inspiring ideas of visual expression in the artistic space : an applied study in the field of painting for the interphone and transient exhibition “The medium survival and the surfaces is a visual passion ”

The values of employing the mediator in the space of the painting varied, exploring the role of technology and experimentation in the dimensional and physical systems, and the relationship between form and function continued to accompany the artwork for material purposes, the mediator has played the role of the material carrier at some times, while in this research it is intended the aesthetic role and being a subject on which the idea of the artistic work itself depends that it is a re-exploration and interpretation of the medium in its ability to multiply and cross the limits of techniques and trends pertaining to artistic work to form a kind of mixing with digital technology and contemporary quality concept and to become a source of aesthetic construction among the specific interactions of the performances accompanying the artistic work space. The medium represents a material that can be added and treated for a purpose that goes beyond the construction of the visual plastic concept. Rather, it reached through the experiments of painting space and artistic work to the point of theorizing for modernist projects and trends that exceeded the limits of classification and different visual styles from the means of expression with materials and technical means, as it became crossing the limits of science and aesthetic and expressive formulas overcoming the temporal and spatial determinants of the space of the artistic work. The necessity of selective visual media with artwork and painting is not in its being to reproduce images of visible reality, but in its ability to make what is beyond the visible world a visible world. The visual medium is a diacritical language loaded with the artist's own experience in terms of expression, imaginative flexibility, a tendency towards experimentation, the ability to analyze, visual and formal composition, possessing an independent language, and the possibility of aesthetically linking the technological and technical dream world with the real world and by selecting the medium the surface turns into a visual passion. So it takes us directly to the world of art and calls for the relationships of things and their multiple phenomena to reach modernist stages of creative perception of artistic work.

대학생의 창의성과 창의성 교육에 대한 인식 연구

대학생의 창의성과 창의성 교육에 대한 인식 연구

Relationship between paradoxical leadership and team performance: A serial mediation effect of perceived inclusion and team creativity

조직 환경의 급격한 변화 및 생존을 위한 경쟁 심화는 역설적 관점의 필요성을 부각시킨다. 조직 내 모호하고 복잡한 상황을 관리하기 위해서는 하나의 일관된 방식만을 실행하는 단편적인 사고보다 역설적으로 사고하고 행동하는 역설적 리더십 행동이 요구된다. 이러한 역설적 관점은 서로 다른 배경과 가치관, 정보를 가진 인적자원의 다양성 관리에도 효과적이다. 다양성을 포용하는 조직은 서로 상충될 수 있는 조직 구성원의 소속 욕구와 차별화 욕구를 모두 충족시킬 수 있어야 한다. 역설적 리더십은 모순적 요구에 유연하게 대응할 수 있다는 점에서 조직 내 포용 인식을 높일 수 있을 것으로 기대된다. 하지만 역설적 리더십과 팀 구성원의 포용 인식의 관계, 또 역설적 리더십이 팀 성과에 어떤 경로를 통해 어떻게 영향을 미치는지 구체적으로 확인한 연구는 부족한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 역설적 리더십이 팀 구성원의 포용 인식에 미치는 영향을 살펴보고, 포용 인식이 팀 창의성을 높여 결과적으로 팀 성과를 향상시키는 연속매개과정을 검증하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 본 연구에서는 공공조직에 근무하는 총 431명, 85팀의 설문을 수집하여 데이터 분석을 실시하였다. SPSS 통계프로그램과 Process macro를 활용하여 회귀분석 및 Bootstrapping기법을 통해 검증한 결과 역설적 리더십은 팀 성과에 긍정적인 영향을 미치며, 이 과정을 팀 구성원들의 포용인식과 팀 창의성이 연속매개 하는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 다양한 딜레마를 다루어야 하는 조직 환경에서 역설적 리더십의 중요성 및 포용 인식의 역할을 팀 수준에서 검증하였다는 데 의의가 있다. 즉, 팀 창의성과 팀 성과를 높이기 위해서는 역설적 관점을 지닌 리더와, 팀 구성원들의 포용 인식이 중요하다는 시사점을 제공한다.Increased competitions and rapid changes in business environments highlight the need for a paradoxical view. In order to manage ambiguous and complex situations within an organization, leaders should be able to deal with conflicting demands and contradictory values effectively, which can be described as paradoxical leadership. Similarly, as the value of diversity in the workforce is being appreciated, inclusion is often discussed as a key success factor for effective diversity management. Inclusive workplace allows its members to satisfy two seemingly conflicting needs, desire to belong and desire to be unique. Both paradoxical leadership and inclusion address the importance of balancing conflicting needs and competing goals. Yet few studies have specifically examined the relationship between paradoxical leadership, perceived inclusion, and team outcomes. In this study, we examined the effect of paradoxical leadership on perceived inclusion by team members and tested a serial mediation process in which perceived inclusion enhances team creativity, thereby improving team performance. To test our model, we analyzed survey data from a total of 431 people (85 teams) working in public organizations. Using bootstrapping method via SPSS Process Macro, we demonstrated that paradoxical leadership has a positive effect on team performance, and this process is serially mediated by team members perception of inclusion and team creativity. This study contributes to the current literature by examining the role of paradoxical leadership and perceived inclusion at the team level. Our findings provide practical implications that a leader with a paradoxical perspective and team members’ perception of inclusion are key factors for team creativity and performance.

Creativity in architecture design studio. Assessing students’ and instructors’ perception

Teaching and assessing creativity is a confronting dilemma in architecture education. With the fact that creativity has many definitions that none of which is universally accepted, having a level of agreement on the creativity perception among both students and instructors is essential to have an effective creativity assessment. The students’ and instructors’ interpretation of creativity in the architectural context should vary from a level of education to another based on the needs of each level and the intended learning outcomes of the Studio. This research investigates the level of agreement and disagreement of creativity perception between a group of students and their instructors within the architectural context of the design studio. Interviews and surveys were conducted with a group of Architecture students (third year) and their instructors to assess their perception of creativity. The findings show that creativity is conceptualized differently among students and instructors. Students and their instructors have more disagreement than agreement on how they perceive creativity in the architectural context. The required areas of improvement in architecture education will be suggested.

Wektor poetycki w biografiach artystów: Olga Boznańska, Wojciech Weiss, Jerzy Tchórzewski

Starting from the contemporary trends in biography and referring to findings in the field of anthropology of writing and new materialism, the author analyzes poetic forms created in painting studios. She considers the works of O. Boznańska, W. Weiss and T. Tchórzewski as poetic manifestations of the literary practice of everyday life, a type of poeticised documents. The presence of poetry in artists’ lives is multi-faceted: loose pages preserved in a scrapbook, entries in a journal and autonomous works printed in the press, hence their role in creative biography is different. The common ground is a syncretic perception of creativity; the preserved texts co-create a kind of artistic site where the boundaries between the publication, the exhibition and the project performance blur, requiring special editing operations.

Creative, Thus Connected: The Power of Sociometric Creativity on Friendship Formation in Gifted Adolescents-A Longitudinal Network Analysis of Gifted Students.

The current study's purpose is to explore the influence of peer-perceived creativity (sociometric creativity) on the short-term development of friendships during a summer program for high ability students. Specifically, the two main objectives of our study are: (1) How did students' friendships network and sociometric creativity network evolve in the summer program? (2) How did sociometric creativity influence the friendship formation? The longitudinal study was conducted at the beginning, middle and the end of a 3-week long program for gifted students in Ireland. The sample consisted of Irish gifted students (N = 702, aged 13-18 years, 52% female, over thirty-one classes). Overall, our longitudinal multilevel and multigroup social network analysis shows that gifted adolescents formed reciprocated friendship ties and cohesive peer group structures in the investigated period; similar age and the same gender predicted friendship formation. Regarding the sociometric creativity, they tended to nominate a similar age and same gender student as very creative. Moreover, the sociometric creativity positively influenced adolescents' friendship networks on a dyadic level, indicating that adolescents select friends based on their perception of the other student's creativity. Further results, explanations, and implications are discussed.

The discursive construction of creativity as work in a tertiary art and design environment

Central to most research in the field of creativity is the perception that creativity is an external and essentialist phenomenon. Recent studies, particularly in the area of art and design education, are beginning to question this understanding and seek alternative methods for exploring creativity. This paper takes the view that perceptions of creativity are historically and discursively constructed and that cultural shifts in the early twentieth century have more recently constituted the western understanding of creativity through a discourse of work. As an example, the paper will use a multi-perspectival analytical approach to explore the discursive construction of creativity as work in the situated context of a tertiary art and design studio environment. The paper concludes with a discussion of complications that may arise in the tertiary art and design environment as a result of the potential ambiguity created by the discourse of creativity as work.

Certified nursing assistants as agents of creative caregiving in long-term care.

Certified nursing assistants (CNAs) provide most of the direct care for long-term care (LTC) residents, yet there are few CNA-led interventions aimed at improving quality of care. In our preliminary work developing a CNA art-based intervention, we describe CNA definitions and perceptions of creativity in relation to care of LTC residents. Data from six sequential focus groups with CNAs (n=14) in two LTC facilities were analysed to describe the concept of creativity in relation to LTC caregiving and its meaning to CNAs working in LTC. Certified nursing assistants defined creativity as formal art-making, yet they also described creative approaches to engaging residents in order to build relationships and reduce challenging behaviour. While most linked creativity with discerning and responding to resident needs, creativity was also foundational to time management, teamwork and navigating challenges. Developing CNA-centred interventions to promote creative caregiving may enhance both person-centred LTC and CNA empowerment, improving resident care. CNA creativity should be viewed as a skill with the potential to enhance care and increase CNA empowerment. Interventions should be developed, in partnership with CNAs, to promote creative caregiving.

THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF MUSIC - A PATH TO CREATIVITY IN SELF-AWARENESS

The proposed material is based on the topic"Music - a universal language", assigned to students of pedagogical specialties - pre-school and pre-school and primary school pedagogy .In the form of an essay, students talk about their personal sensation, understanding,reflection, use and interpretation of music. The sincerity and immediacy of the essays give information about the universality of music as a language - complex and enigmatic, and at the same time - strongly and inexplicably affecting the senses, feelings, emotions ,thoughts. The research is aimed at revealing the individual emotional state, sensitivity and perception of young people - future teachers. Moreover,it aims at predisposing them to reflect on their personal perception of music as a factor accompanying their daily lives and inner peace. And that is because tomorrow they will raise children, stimulate and develop their creativity and self-knowledge, will form their intrepersonal relationships and orientation in the surrounding world. The freedom of the chosen form - the essay - allows the writers to express themselves - both intellectually and emotionally. As a consequence, depending on the character and temperament of the participants, their creative nature, essence, sense of art, and emotional sensitivity are revealed. Stepping out of the canon of rigorous scientific style allows a flight of creative inspiration for most students. At the same time, they make their own logical conclusions. In their thinking and sensual inventions, students do not seek a scientific explanation of the phenomenon of the universality of music. Because most of them accept music as the language of the soul.Proceeding from the personal need for contact with music, going through the various forms of expression in the musical language, comprehending its invisible imagery and real impact, young people are adamant in its versatility.Because the invisible, magical threads that connect music to the soul have no boundaries and limitations, they are the universe. As a result of the reviewed essays, conclusions have been drawn regarding the universal musical language - a means and a path to creative perception of the world and interpersonal relationships, based on creative thinking and self-knowledge.

Why don't students recognize creative learning opportunities in a biomedical science program?

Creativity is a uniquely human trait and it is the force behind many modern advancements. Due to the rapid changes seen across the economy and society, creativity has become highly valued and is in increasing demand by employers. To prepare students to meet this demand, many education stakeholders (such as Monash University) have incorporated creativity into their ethos. However, preliminary analysis of the learning objectives of the Bachelor of Biomedical Science degree (program) at Monash University identified little reference to creativity, even though one of its Graduate Attributes is to become a "creative scholar." The aims of this study were to ascertain the biomedical science students' perception of creativity in the program and to evaluate the program's core units (subjects) for creative learning opportunities. The data shows that students perceived a lack of creativity in the program. However, using Bloom's taxonomy's definition of create, an evaluation of the creative learning opportunities in the core Biomedical Science units identified the presence of a variety of creative opportunities. This discrepancy between student perceptions and learning opportunities lead to the question: Why do not students recognize creative learning opportunities? From the survey responses and mapping data, three reasons were identified: students' lack of awareness of a Graduate attribute, a lack of explicit reference to creativity at the program and unit level, and students' lack of understanding of creativity. © 2019 International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 47(6):656-668, 2019.

THE PERCEPTION OF CREATIVITY THROUGH MULTICULTURAL EXPERIENCE — RESULTS FROM AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS

This research is an approach to connect creativity and multicultural experiences (MCEs): we give insights into how and what type of MCE influences people’s perceptive abilities such as creativity. We offer one of the first empirical examinations that links the perception of creativity concept to strategy of acculturation. This study addresses an often-mentioned research gap by examining laypersons’ ability to perceive different levels of creativity. For this, a sample of 195 participants from 26 countries with and without MCE was researched. Findings indicate that attitudes as well as personal and professional goals apparently influence people’s creativity perception. The acculturation strategy integration seems to be a determining factor in this respect. As MCE has become a firm part of many people’s CV, the present paper adds to an omnipresent phenomenon in today’s society, which is worth studying.

Music Teachers Perceptions of Creativity: A Preliminary Investigation

Music teachers embrace perceptions of creativity across a diversity of music teaching and learning contexts. A review of literature revealed limited research has investigated these perceptions. The purpose of this preliminary investigation was to examine music teacher’s perceptions of creativity, including how it is defined, supported in the classroom, and how creative students are perceived. A researcher-developed questionnaire was built from similar investigations across different domains. The questionnaire was distributed electronically to a sample of music teachers in the southeastern region of the United States (n = 164). Respondents defined creativity as a novel or new idea resulting in a formalized product and believed that creative students are risker-takers, persistent, and often think outside the box. The classroom environment was perceived as important to the creative processes and providing space for collaboration enhanced creative thinking. Implications for the field of music education and further research are discussed in conclusion.

Preference for Complexity and Asymmetry Contributes to Elaboration in Divergent Thinking

The study continues the exploration of the contribution of creative perception to creative potential. Creative potential was operationalized as divergent thinking and measured by the Abbreviated Torrance Test for Adults. Creative perception was operationalized as a preference for complexity and asymmetry and was assessed by a standard Barron-Welsh Art Scale. Sixty-five undergraduate college students participated in the study. Preference for complexity and asymmetry was found to make a measurable contribution to the elaboration trait of divergent thinking. This finding suggests that in addition to the process, product, person, place, persuasion, and potential perspectives, creativity construct can be evaluated from the standpoint of creative perception.

The Dynamics of the Psychological Approach in Designing Spaces: A Study of Architecture Students

The psyche of human mind is best expressed through architecture and the interior design of buildings. No doubt, architecture and psychology are interconnected domains of human experience; while building design is the physical illustration of the creative perception of human psyche. Human interaction with the built environment prompts the senses to perceive and react to it in different logical manners, exemplified through unique spatial expression of every single designer. It has been observed that students as future architects, while tackling with the design projects, put forth their own spatial experiences of interaction with the built environment. For this reason, students of Bachelors in Architecture program at the University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan were interviewed informally to document their psychological approach regarding spatial thinking and translating it into architectural designs of varying quality. The findings acknowledged that the architectural psychology of the designer and the psychological influences of environment impact the construction and building design industry. The diversity in design driven by the psyche of each student is interesting to note and it establishes the fact that every single design is dominated by the concepts developed during the design process. The study has significance as a vital contribution towards the psychological implications of architects for a well-designed built environment.

Sustaining Innovation: Creativity among Employees of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Students in Higher Education Institutions in Brunei Darussalam

This paper compares creativity experiences and perceptions among employees of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) and students in higher education institutions (HEI) in Brunei Darussalam. The study was conducted through interactions and surveys to assess (i) understanding and practice of creative tools and techniques; (ii) creativity performance in teams and individuals and (iii) perception of creativity among 39 employees in SME and 68 students from HEI. Statistical analysis was carried out using Pearson’s chi-square test for goodness of fit and Cramer’s V test to estimate strength tests for correlation. The findings indicate a majority in both groups have not received prior instruction in creativity and that employees of SMEs have less interest in receiving creative instructions. There is consensus among both groups that group work will result in greater creative performance. Ambiguity of customer needs or requirement was a factor most often cited to impede creative performance of teams in SME. Results from this study were used to make recommendations to improve practice and learning creativity in SME and HEI.

Americanized or localized: A qualitative study on Chinese advertising practitioners’ perceptions of creativity and strategy in the digital age

A qualitative study was conducted to examine Chinese advertising practitioners’ perception and interpretation of advertising creativity and strategy in the digital age. Twenty three face-to-face in-depth interviews were conducted to collect data. Findings revealed Chinese advertising practitioners’ definitions of creativity and strategy, perceived criteria of creativity and strategy, perceptions of strategy typology, and how creative person, process, and press shape their perceptions of creativity. Theoretical and practical implications were offered.

Enhancing Creativity and Managing Perfectionism in Dancers Through Implicit Learning and Sensori-Kinetic Imagery

ABSTRACTBallet training is designed to develop creative, expressive artists. However, an explicit approach to technical instruction may not assist in the development of individual creativity and may encourage counterproductive perfectionistic goals. This paper describes a five-day intervention designed to enhance creativity in thirteen adolescent vocational ballet students at an elite ballet school in Stockholm, Sweden. The intervention focused on implicit learning and sensori-kinetic imagery. Wilcoxon Signed Rank Tests indicated significant increases for creativity perceptions and implicit sources of evaluation, and reductions in perfectionistic cognitions. Case study interviewees, representing the most and least perfectionistic students, reported heightened creativity, enjoyment and, in some cases, a strengthened sense of autonomy and self-regulation. The combination of quantitative and qualitative data forms a convincing case that even a short intervention based on implicit learning strategies and sensori-kinetic imagery can enhance perceptions of creativity and reduce perfectionistic cognitions in ballet class.

«APHRODITE’S FAVOURITE» AS A DICTATORʼS IMAGE IN «SULLA», A VERSE BY V. BRUSOV

The paper views the peculiarities of V. Brusovʼs creative perception of the personality of Sulla, the ancient Roman dictator. On the material of the correspondent poem the author analyzes the character traits and features of policy pursued by Sulla. The paper substantiates the poetʼs research interest to the hero and his historical doings.