Understanding Of Creativity Research Articles

The Impact of Managerial Creative Capabilities on Task Performance: Evidence from Saudi Arabian Companies

Purpose: This research examines the impact of managerial creative capabilities on task performance, addressing a significant gap in the current literature. By integrating the dynamic capability approach, this study considers managerial creativity as a dynamic capability that enables managers to enhance efficiency and foster innovation, ensuring organizational competitiveness in fast-evolving contexts. Design/methodology/approach: A quantitative approach was employed, utilizing a questionnaire distributed to 457 middle and senior managers across 87 organizations in Saudi Arabia. The study adopted a snowball sampling technique to ensure industry and organizational diversity. Findings: The results validate our hypotheses, emphasizing managerial creative capabilities’ impact on task performance. The ability to sense creative opportunities significantly enhances task efficiency, aligning with prior studies on innovation's role in opportunity recognition. The ability to seize these opportunities translates them into actionable tasks, reinforcing the importance of timely decision-making and execution. Most notably, the study reveals that managerial creative reconfiguring exerts the strongest influence on task performance. This highlights the critical role of resource reconfiguration in leveraging opportunities, confirming its status as a cornerstone of dynamic capabilities. Originality/value: This research advances the understanding of managerial creativity by framing it as a dynamic capability that influences task performance. The findings provide actionable insights for managers to balance creativity with productivity, fostering flexibility and innovation. By addressing an underexplored area, this study contributes to the development of practical strategies for sustainable organizational success.

Neurophysiological Exploration of Creativity in Engineering

Creativity plays a crucial role in engineering education by promoting innovative thinking allowing students to go beyond conventional approaches. A profound understanding of creativity requires examining its corresponding brain behavior. Despite prior research, the neural correlates of creativity are still largely unexplored. We explored brain dynamics associated with creativity through electroencephalography (EEG). We employed a reliable dataset from loosely controlled figural creativity experiments and introduced innovative frequency-based features – the alpha power over the other EEG sub-bands. Results, consistent with previous studies, showed: 1) The average and standard deviation of our proposed features are higher in idea generation, 2) The temporal and parietal lobes contain more significant features than the other brain lobes, 3) Gamma and beta bands effectively represent brain activity in creativity. Our novel method offers a new perspective bridging existing gaps and presenting an overview of brain dynamics in creativity, serving as a foundation for future research.

Not All Games Play the Same: Specifying How Components of Video Games May be Associated With Creativity

ABSTRACTUnderstanding the impacts of digital media such as video games is critical for scholarship during the digital transformation. While the literature on the effects of video games continues to grow, there is little work on positive effects, including creativity, either as an outcome from or process within games. Video games are a media type that often requires creative problem‐solving and multiple idea generation. Importantly, adequately theorizing, measuring, and assessing creativity as both an action within video games and a possible outcome of engaging with video games necessitates a detailed understanding of what video games are. Here we propose and outline a taxonomy of the various components within video games that could impact different aspects of creativity interventions and creative processes. We then break down those components, including genre, graphics, mechanics, instructions, incentive systems, and multiplayer functionality. We apply this taxonomy briefly in several games, and Minecraft and Baldur's Gate 3 are used in more depth to show how researchers can apply our proposed framework. Knowing which video game components affect which creativity outcomes can clarify our understanding of creativity and the creative process in a digital world, and identify how gameplay itself can be a creative artifact.

Creativity in crisis communication: a systematic review

This systematic review explores the concept of creativity in crisis communication, a widely used but poorly conceptualised phenomenon. It draws on empirical research and case studies to highlight the diversity of creative approaches during major crises such as natural disasters, health crises, or conflicts. The focus is particularly on situations where these crises are protracted, and creativity is required to deal with the “fog of warning” caused by repeated alerts. It is also important to exercise creativity in order to control the meaning of information and combat the spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories. Creativity in crisis communication during major crises is described as the dynamic generation of novel and contextually relevant strategies using unconventional or metaphorical elements to engage audiences, reshape their understanding, and drive behavioural change for effective crisis resolution and recovery. The study provides a framework for understanding creativity in crisis communication by synthesising existing academic knowledge. Using the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses methodology, 42 articles were analysed and categorised into three areas of communication: meaning making, behaviour framing, and reputation preservation. The framework illustrates the multiple facets of creativity: metaphorical creativity promotes critical reflection; visual representation enhances accessibility; humour and creative solutions engage and motivate diverse audiences; artistic elements, serious games and creative scenarios facilitate behaviour change. This framework underscores the critical role of creativity in crisis contexts, bridging the gap between standard communication and innovative, contextually relevant strategies in crisis communication strategies.

Implementasi Pembelajaran Cake Decoration pada Siswa Berkebutuhan Khusus (Tunarungu) oleh Politeknik Pariwisata Makassar

This community service project aims to implement cake decoration learning for deaf students at SLB.C YPPLB 2 Makassar. This program is a collaboration between the Makassar Tourism Polytechnic and SLB.C YPPLB 2 Makassar, aiming to provide vocational skills to students with special needs. The teaching methods used include visual, manual, cooperative, and total communication methods, with deductive, expository, and heuristic strategies. The training was conducted over two days, covering the introduction of tools and materials, basic piping bag techniques, making buttercream frosting, cake covering techniques with fondant, creating decorations, and cake decoration design. The training results showed an improvement in students' cake decoration skills, evident from the independent projects they produced. The tiered wedding cake they made demonstrated a good understanding of structure, decoration techniques, and creativity in design. This program not only enhanced the students' technical skills but also boosted their confidence. The implications of this program include career development potential in the culinary industry for deaf students and the importance of collaboration between higher education institutions and special needs schools in creating inclusive learning opportunities.

Towards more inclusive understandings of creativity

Creativity research could advantageously turn away from the notion that being creative is solely connected to novelty, youth, and renewal, and that the ability to be creative declines with age. On the contrary, it seems that people can find great value in being active, participating in the community, and creating—in the vegetable garden, with knitting, or together with others in choirs and community life. This commentary on Adams-Price and Morse “Creativity, aging, context and culture: Reimagining creativity in everyday life in older adults” invites the authors to go even further in their theoretical exploration of models of creativity adding an even stronger lifespan perspective on creativity.

A Gastronomic Approach to Industrial Aquaculture Waste Utilization

Aquaculture, while offering significant contributions to global food security, generates substantial amounts of industrial waste, posing environmental and economic challenges. However, this waste also presents untapped potential for innovation in gastronomy. This paper explores the emerging trend of utilizing aquaculture industrial wastes in culinary practices, aiming to reduce waste, promote sustainability, and create novel gastronomic experiences. Through a review of literature and case studies, we examine various methods for repurposing aquaculture waste, including upcycling into new food products, incorporation into culinary dishes, and extraction of valuable components. Additionally, we highlight successful initiatives that have integrated aquaculture waste into gastronomy, emphasizing the benefits of waste reduction, sustainable food practices, and culinary innovation. Challenges such as food safety, taste, and consumer acceptance are acknowledged, with strategies proposed for addressing these issues. Finally, we discuss future directions for research and development in this field, identifying opportunities for collaboration between the aquaculture industry and the gastronomy sector. By exploring the utilization of aquaculture industrial wastes in gastronomy, this paper contributes to a deeper understanding of sustainable food practices and culinary creativity in the context of aquaculture waste management.

Neural, genetic, and cognitive signatures of creativity

Creativity is typically operationalized as divergent thinking (DT) ability, a form of higher-order cognition which relies on memory, attention, and other component processes. Despite recent advances, creativity neuroscience lacks a unified framework to model its complexity across neural, genetic, and cognitive scales. Using task-based fMRI from two independent samples and MVPA, we identified a neural pattern that predicts DT, validated through cognitive decoding, genetic data, and large-scale resting-state fMRI. Our findings reveal that DT neural patterns span brain regions associated with diverse cognitive functions, with positive weights in the default mode and frontoparietal control networks and negative weights in the visual network. The high correlation with the primary gradient of functional connectivity suggests that DT involves extensive integration from concrete sensory information to abstract, higher-level cognition, distinguishing it from other advanced cognitive functions. Moreover, neurobiological analyses show that the DT pattern is positively correlated with dopamine-related neurotransmitters and genes influencing neurotransmitter release, advancing the neurobiological understanding of creativity.

Introduction to the Special Issues

Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping our world. As AI systems become increasingly autonomous and integrated into various sectors, fundamental ethical issues such as accountability, transparency, bias, and privacy are exacerbated or morph into new forms. This introduction provides an overview of the current ethical landscape of AI. It explores the pressing need to address biases in AI systems, protect individual privacy, ensure transparency and accountability, and manage the broader societal impacts of AI on labor markets, education, and social interactions. It also highlights the global nature of AI's challenges, such as its environmental impact and security risks, stressing the importance of international collaboration and culturally sensitive ethical guidelines. It then outlines three unprecedented challenges AI poses to copyright and intellectual property rights; individual autonomy through AI's “hypersuasion”; and our understanding of authenticity, originality, and creativity through the transformative impact of AI-generated content. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of ongoing critical vigilance, imaginative conceptual design, and collaborative efforts between diverse stakeholders to deal with the ethical complexities of AI and shape a sustainable and socially preferable future. It underscores the crucial role of philosophy in identifying and analyzing the most significant problems and designing convincing and feasible solutions, calling for a new, engaged, and constructive approach to philosophical inquiry in the digital age.

A critical discussion of the poetic experience in Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal’s Wahi Alhirman

The Saudi modern poetry has been largely influenced with the modern trends in Western and American poetry. One of the contemporary trends in Western poetry is the emphasis on the poetic experience. The traditional Saudi poetry results from a temporary occasion affecting the mood of poet producing his poem. However, the poetic experience is shaped by long-standing internal feelings and a permeate psychological state. Therefore, the present study aims to reveal the poetic experiences in the collection of poems titled “Deprivation Revelation” and “Wahi Alhirman.” The present study draws heavily on psychoanalysis and stylistic approaches to help reflect the aspects of poetic experience in the poetry of Alfaisel. The present study uses the psycho-analysis approach to interpret the poetic experience in Alfaisel's collection of poetry, The Deprivation Revelation, "Wahi Alhirman," from a psychological perspective. We then adopt a stylistic perspective to explain how the poet's internal psychological condition could significantly reshape and rebuild his poetic style, and how this condition could influence the language and meanings. The present study has yielded several significant findings, the most significant of which is that a comprehensive psychological analysis of the poet's poetic experience can yield innovative and creative understandings, as well as unprecedented interpretations of the meanings of Al-Faisel's poetry. The poetic experience enables readers to perceive the laden and invisible meanings embedded in Saudi poetry.

The long and winding road: A team idea implementation model

Creative teams are expected to produce novel and useful outcomes in each stage of the idea journey. However, during the stage of idea implementation, where ideas are transformed into tangible outputs, creative teams encounter the tension between creativity and restriction. In other words, they need to remain flexible and open to new initiatives to increase the creativity of the outputs, while they need to follow the blueprint drawn by the ideas that are to be implemented. To explore how teams deal with such tensions in the idea implementation stage, we conducted a case study using The Beatles' Get Back project in 1969. To uncover the nonlinear, dynamic and interactive process underlying the implementation stage of team creativity, we analysed the documentaries and books about the project and the band. This led to a process model of team idea implementation. This model includes screening, initiating, trialling and evaluating stages, illuminating the iterative process within which team members implement ideas. This research provides novel insights into our understanding of team creativity.

Creativity and collaborative performance of artists and STEM professionals

This study examines the relationship between creativity and performance in collaborations between artists and STEM professionals. It investigates the antecedent factors of the creativity of artists and STEM professionals and elaborates on the performance of temporal and imperfect organizational creativity. A survey was administered to 969 Korean artists and STEM professionals, of which data on 131 respondents with experience of art and STEM collaboration were used for the empirical analysis by applying a structural equation model. The results show that an individual's intrinsic motivation, and creative personality characteristic positively influence creativity collaborative performance. Intrinsic motivation and creative personality characteristics positively influenced collaborative performance by the mediation of creativity. Our study contributes to the literature by deepening our understanding of creativity and collaboration between artists and STEM professionals, particularly in temporary and imperfect organizational creativity, which has not been addressed in existing discussions of creativity. This confirms that artists and STEM professionals have common antecedent factors of creativity, and that the coexistence of scientific and artistic creativity has a positive impact on collaborative performance.

Definitions of Creativity by Kindergarten Stakeholders: An Interview Study Based on Rhodes’ 4P Model

Abstract In 2017, Hong Kong included the notion of creativity in its official kindergarten curriculum framework. However, the curriculum did not define what creativity means in relation to 3- to 6-year-old children. Stakeholders such as teacher educators, kindergarten principals, and teachers may have different understandings of creativity, possibly leading to difficulties in implementing this notion into practice. We adopted Rhodes’ 4P model to examine Hong Kong kindergarten stakeholders’ definitions of creativity in relation to young children. We posed two research questions: (1) What are the themes and elements that Hong Kong kindergarten stakeholders refer to in their responses when defining the notion of creativity? (2) How do these stakeholders differ in their responses when defining this notion? We asked 50 kindergarten stakeholders (20 teacher educators, 10 principals, and 20 teachers) to define the notion of creativity using their own words. Content analysis, descriptive statistics, and multiple Fisher’s exact tests (2 × 2) were used to analyze their responses. We found that all stakeholders possessed a partial understanding of creativity, especially teachers. Stakeholders’ definitions mainly focused on the importance of creative processes. Other components such as the learning environment, the traits of a person, and the creation of products were rarely alluded to in their definitions. We conclude that there is an urgent need to explicitly articulate and conceptualize the notion of creativity in kindergarten curriculum frameworks, such as Hong Kong’s curriculum Guide. This would allow stakeholders to find common ground in the teaching and learning of creativity. Implications for the enhancement of creativity education are discussed.

Using Canva to improve drawing for elementary school

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of using Canva as a digital drawing tool in improving drawing skills and engagement of elementary school students. Through quantitative design and descriptive analysis of data collected from 48 teachers in various public elementary schools in Central Java, the study found that the use of Canva had a significant positive impact on students' understanding of design concepts, creativity, and engagement. A total of 45.8% of respondents strongly agreed and 50% agreed that Canva helps students understand basic design concepts better. In addition, 56.3% of respondents agreed and 37.5% strongly agreed that students' creativity improved after using Canva, indicating that the platform provides ample space for students to experiment with different drawing techniques. In terms of engagement, 47.9% of respondents strongly agreed and 39.6% agreed that using Canva increased student engagement in art projects compared to traditional methods. In addition, 60.4% of respondents agreed and 35.4% strongly agreed that Canva allows for more effective collaboration between students on drawing projects. However, while the benefits are significant, most respondents feel that additional training is needed to optimize the use of Canva in art teaching. These findings show that integrating Canva into the drawing curriculum not only improves students' artistic skills, but also prepares them for success in the digital world of the future.

Mengasah Kreativitas Siswa SD Negeri 1 dan 5 Karangrowo melalui Pembuatan Poster Bertema Pancasila menggunakan Aplikasi Digital Canva

This activity helps elementary school students in Indonesia learn digital literacy, critical thinking, creative thinking, and collaboration by making Pancasila-themed posters with the Canva app. The activity trained and mentored 5th graders from two schools in Kudus in using Canva to create posters. The activity had phases for planning, implementation, and evaluation. The training improved students' understanding of digital literacy, technical skills, creativity, speaking skills, motivation, and appreciation. It also increased their interest in technology and improved their skills and motivation in learning. This shows that integrating educational technology into learning can be effective for enhancing student skills and motivation. The activity aimed to address the issue of low digital literacy among elementary school students in Indonesia and improve their abilities through poster making using Canva.

The Contributions of Creativity to the Learning Process within Educational Approaches for Sustainable Development and/or Ecosocial Perspectives: A Systematic Review

This systematic review identifies the contributions of creativity to learning and its integration into teaching within educational approaches with an ecosocial and/or sustainable perspective based on scientific publications in the Web of Science and SCOPUS databases, following the PRISMA methodology guidelines. This study establishes a comprehensive understanding of creativity from a sociocultural perspective and examines the relationship between creativity and educational approaches based on sustainable education. The results highlight that creativity is incorporated into teaching in a cross-cutting manner in the ideation, design, and implementation of pedagogical strategies that include diverse techniques, resources, and methodologies. Creativity contributes to learning by being multifaceted and transforming the student experience through the identification, understanding, appropriation, and applicability of concepts. Various strategies and methodologies are identified that promote creativity by involving students in collaborative and reflective processes. Creativity stimulates imagination, interdisciplinary and intercultural integration, and experimentation. The fundamental role of the teacher and the learning environment is emphasized. Finally, the need to integrate creativity into educational plans from these approaches is highlighted, fostering the adaptability to uncertainty and the generation of creative and sustainable responses. This review provides a synthesized and updated resource for teachers and individuals interested in the relationship between creativity, learning, and sustainability.

Beyond Western Notions of Creativity in Education: Toward a Trans‐Epistemological Approach

ABSTRACTIn this editorial for the special issue on Beyond Western Notions of Creativity in Education, we provide an overview of six articles that challenge the normative ontological, epistemological, and methodological underpinning of creativity research and practice in education. This special issue aimed to interrogate and problematize the notion of creativity as a Western conception, to expand it toward developing a more global, diverse, inclusive, and decolonized vision. Articles in this issue contribute to a more expanded conception beyond traditional Western ways of knowing and point to new areas for research within existing understandings of creativity. We explore creative practices and conceptualizations, as well as diverse research paradigms beyond Western traditions to present a more holistic understanding. We share implications for future research and practice for educators and scholars interested in expanding beyond the Western conceptualizations of creativity.

A Pilot Study of Neologisms in Kuwaiti English.

The present work offers insights into lexical aspects of this emerging variety to systematically look into neologisms in Kuwaiti English (KE) using corpus linguistics methods and techniques. Such research results in a deeper understanding of lexical development, productivity, and creativity in the variety under scrutiny, as well as how reciprocal lexical influences develop within a variety (Anesa 3). The study focuses on a written corpus of 337,102 words to see whether or not written English-language texts in Kuwait can provide sufficient data worthy of further exploration. The current project in broad strokes focuses on (i) local neologisms and (ii) L2 neologisms. To flesh out the latter, namely suffixation, compounding, and borrowing, a predetermined list, wildcards, and corpus query language (CQL) were used. For the former, keyness analysis was used, and it was found that this technique provided more insight into indigenous words than suffixation, compounding, predetermined lists, wildcards, and CQL, all of which did not reveal sufficient evidence of neologisms in KE. Overall, keyness analysis was the most successful method in uncovering neologisms in the corpus. As the data indicate, the most productive features of KE seem to be those that are related to culture or religion. It could identify words that were not detected by the other methods. Moreover, more research should be done on more types of neologisms, such as blends, in order to obtain a better understanding of the use of English in Kuwait. According to the study, neologisms are used because they are practical, culturally influenced, and socially acceptable. Additionally, KE neologisms are mainly the result of semantic change, such as semantic restriction. Research on neologisms, especially geared towards understanding cultural or religious concepts incorporated within a variety, seems to be best examined using keyness analysis as it highlights such terms and concepts effectively.

Determinants for the development of creative tourism: A stakeholder perspective

This study aims to investigate the determinants that contribute to the sustainable development of creative tourism, a transformative shift from traditional cultural tourism which possess high economic potential. Grounded in stakeholder theory, a qualitative approach was employed to explore the perspectives of 23 existing suppliers of creative tourism in the Greater Bay Area, China, through semi-structured, in-depth interviews with key management in exiting business, this study uncovers determinants for the development of creative tourism. The findings shed light on the significance of fostering creative synergies and their implications for sustainable growth in the industry. While a positive attitude from suppliers is crucial, this study emphasizes the importance of mutual understanding of creativity to generate momentum, integration of local culture and regional knowledge, and the development of creative products. Moreover, removing barriers faced by suppliers such as a lack of financial support, insufficient government policies and regulations, and inadequate infrastructure is imperative for sustainable development. This research significantly contributes to the existing body of knowledge by providing an overview of the current research status on suppliers' perspectives towards creative tourism. It offers valuable directions for future scholarly inquiry in this field. Moreover, the research offers valuable insights that can assist policymakers and destination planners in developing efficient policies and sustainable planning approaches.

Metalanguage in the Reflection of Its Functions

The research is devoted to the topical issues of linguistics, determined by the necessity of clarifying the scientific approaches to identification of the natural language functions, systematization of data on its metalanguage function, and the construction of a scientifically grounded representation of the metalanguage function implementation in a modern text (discourse). The relevance of the work is explained by the increased number and diversity of metalanguage contexts in modern communicative practice. The paper represents the results of a comprehensive study and description of the content and variants of manifestation in the text (discourse) of the metalanguage function of the language. The taxonomy of metalanguage functions is presented on the material of modern Russian literature works. The metalanguage is revealed to perform two basic functions: information research and modelling. The information and research function has an ontological basis and is characterized by a substantial heterogeneity, which made it possible to identify a number of specific functions: metaphatic, explanatory, characterizing, evaluative, searching, connecting and categorizing. The modelling function has psychological foundations, meaningfully aimed at creative understanding of the code for the purpose of its subsequent processing and creative use in speech activity, which provides a new modelling of reality. It is shown that when updating this function, the potential of pun, or play on words, is widely used. It is established that the modelling function is characterized by the implicitness of its realization in the text.