Creative Perspective Research Articles

Linking an autonomy-supportive climate and employee creativity: the influence of intrinsic motivation and company support for creativity

PurposeEmployees’ creativity is critical for the growth and survival of firms. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to propose a motivational model of creativity to address the effect of an autonomy-supportive climate on employee creativity. This study investigates whether this effect is mediated by intrinsic motivation in employees and depends on company support for creativity.Design/methodology/approachThis study used a quantitative approach to collect data by conducting a survey in a developing country using paper-based questionnaires. From 220 questionnaires distributed, 151 usable survey responses were gathered for this study. In addition, structural equation modeling was used to test the hypothesis.FindingsThe results suggest a motivational contingent path through which employees’ creativity would be promoted. The findings indicate that employees in autonomy-supportive climates are more intrinsically motivated and more creative only when the company supports creativity.Practical implicationsThe findings suggest that managers should provide employees with an autonomy-supportive climate. Furthermore, rewarding, recognizing and encouraging creativity in employees should be considered by companies.Originality/valueThis research integrates Amabile’s (1996) model of creativity and basic needs theory to empirically shed light on the inconsistent findings of the mediating role of intrinsic motivation in the relation of contextual factors to creativity. This study extends Amabile’s (1988) model to include an autonomy-supportive climate and explain how and when this kind of interpersonal climate contributes to enhanced creativity in employees. This research contributes to the basic needs theory by demonstrating that satisfaction of basic needs can also enhance creativity. The findings also add to the interactionist perspective of creativity because this study examines the interaction effect of company support for creativity and intrinsic motivation.

Certification and preservation of artworks in digital environments

Reflecting about the documentary heritage of artists requires the consideration of archival, legal, historical-artistic and museological factors. If the analogue productions of artifacts and the correlated documentation have been studied, transferring the creative perspective into a digital environment asks to face a reality in turmoil: the ways of expressing and representing contemporary art, in balance between digital and crypto art, require new visions in the production and management of works. In this redefinition of roles and relationships, which almost exclusively concern the documentary structure and the technological and digital components, document systems assume a primary role.

Creative Intercorporeality in Collaborative Work of Choreographers with and without Disabilities: A Grounded Theory Approach

The purpose of this study was to present an academic discourse on a theoretical framework and acceptance process of ‘creative intercorporeality’ in the collaborative work of choreographers with and without disabilities. To this end, a grounded theory approach using a qualitative research method was employed to dancers who have participated in collaborative choreography. This study employed the perspective of social cognitive theory about the process in which dancers with and without disabilities form emotional empathy and trust relationships through continuous interactions for creative work. Physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral empathy and interactions in the collaborative work of choreographers with and without disabilities were discussed as a process of forming ‘creative intercorporeality’ that is defined as creative attitude and perspective consisting of harmony, concurrency, consistency, and balance.

Review: Curating America’s Painful Past: Memory, Museums, and the National Imagination, by Tim Gruenewald

Review: <i>Curating America’s Painful Past: Memory, Museums, and the National Imagination</i>, by Tim Gruenewald

Got ink, get paid? Exploring the impact of tattoo visibility on crowdfunding performance

Tattoos reflect an increasingly popular form of creative self-expression and there is an increased prevalence of tattoos among entrepreneurs engaging in crowdfunding. As such, our study is the first to explore how visible displays of tattoos within crowdfunding campaigns relate to campaign performance. Using a creativity perspective, we examine how displaying tattoos differentially impacts two key measures of crowdfunding performance: numbers of backers and funds pledged. We analyze a sample of 1500 crowdfunding campaigns from Kickstarter, and find a positive relationship between visible displays of tattoos and crowdfunding performance. We move the conversation regarding the impact of body art beyond non-entrepreneurial contexts by providing evidence that tattoo visibility does not hinder an entrepreneur's efforts to raise funds for their venture.

A systematic review of virtual brainstorming from the perspective of creativity: affordances, framework, and outlook

ABSTRACT This study explores virtual reality (VR) as an emerging tool integrated into brainstorming activities to enhance creativity, and systematically reviews existing studies to provide an advanced literature review on this subject. Moreover, we propose a framework for enhancing creativity in virtual brainstorming (VB) based on the 4Ps (person, process, product, and press) of creativity, which provides guidance on leveraging VB to enhance creativity. Furthermore, eight affordances of VB are identified to enhance creativity: anonymity, appraisal, avatars, immersion, multiple communication, recording, simulated objects, and tracing. The potential perspectives of VB to enhance creativity based on this study’s framework are also explored, which deserves further investigation.

Performing Arts in Prisons: Creative Perspectives, Michael Balfour, Brydie-Leigh Bartleet, Linda Davey, John Rynne and Huib Schippers (eds) (2019)

Review of: Performing Arts in Prisons: Creative Perspectives, Michael Balfour, Brydie-Leigh Bartleet, Linda Davey, John Rynne and Huib Schippers (eds) (2019)Bristol: Intellect Ltd, 278 pp.,ISBN 978-1-78320-997-2, h/bk, $105ISBN 978-1-78938-015-6, e/bk, $83

Be in Your Element: The Joint Effect of Human Resource Management Strength and Proactive Personality on Employee Creativity.

Employee creativity is fast becoming a part and parcel in the wake of the increasing volatility of the employment market and the complexity of job demands. Drawing from the actor-context interactionist theoretical approach and career construction theory, this paper adds to current research by exploring the serial mediating effect of job crafting (JC) and career adaptability (CA) in the impact of human resource management strength (HRMS) on employee creativity. Furthermore, we suggest that proactive personality interacts with HRMS to jointly influence creativity. Survey data from samples of 297 (Study 1) and 390 (Study 2) employees largely confirm our model. Our findings show that HRMS positively impacts employee creativity via serial mediation of job crafting and career adaptability, and proactive personality negatively moderates the process. The paper confirms and expands the interactionist theoretical perspective of creativity, highlights the significance of integration of contextual factors, individual characteristics, and career construction, and makes certain practical sense.

Network creativity: A conceptual lens for inter- and intra-organizational creative processes

Creativity is an important concept discussed in different managerial disciplines. It has mainly been dealt with at the individual level. Scholarly interest in team creativity or organizational creativity, is fairly recent in the literature, and the literature provides scarcely any guidance on creativity in inter-organizational processes. Yet, inter-organizational creativity is increasingly important for companies on B2B markets that transform into network or ecosystem structures. This conceptual paper aims to answer the following two research questions: (1) How can the phenomenon of inter-organizational creativity be characterized from a multi-level perspective outside the classical boundaries of organizations? (2) What is the relationship between network creativity and other forms of creativity? Building on both the literature on creativity as well as on business markets, we first assess various perspectives of creativity. We then define and discuss the term “network creativity” as a multilevel and boundary-spanning framing process. Finally, we propose a model that summarizes our thinking.

The Emergence of Interactive Music: The Vision and Presence of Joel Chadabe

The Emergence of Interactive Music: The Vision and Presence of Joel Chadabe

Predictors of Television Programmes Quality in Tanzania: Analysis of Stakeholders’ Perspectives

There have been complaints over the quality of television programmes in Tanzania from various groups including; professionals, viewers, television programme sponsors and media authorities. Recognizing the role played by the availability of diverse programme quality perspectives on the amount such compliments, this study sought to establish an understanding on how stakeholders view quality in TV programmes. The study triangulated quantitative and qualitative methods in order to establish a better understanding. The study involved a total of 70 respondents that included; television programmes producers, television programmes viewers, programme sponsors, television programmes managers, and telecom/electronics engineers/technicians. The study has used questionnaire and interviews to collect data from these respondents. Based on the data collected, the study has found that the term “quality” in the context of television production is “erratic” due to the absence of specific standards for measuring it save for different perspectives of professionalism, viewers, business/sponsorships, editorial polices, creativity and cultural orientations. In order to sustain quality control, the study recommends among other things, the establishment of quality control boards or quality assurance unit by the government to spearheading standards in television production and bridge professionalism.

Membangun Guru Agama Katolik yang Kreatif, Inovatif, dan Motivatif di Masa Pandemi

The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze the substantive perspectives of teacher creativity, innovation, and motivation as well as the characteristics of creative, innovative, and motivational Catholic teachers. This study uses a qualitative method. The data technique is done through literature review, observation, and documentation. Data were analyzed using descriptive qualitative. The results of the analysis were in the form of real conditions in the field which were obtained from opinions, including the perspective of the teaching of Jesus Christ. Perspective research was carried out by means of reflection, analysis, and comparison of each view and theory to find the advantages and disadvantages. Furthermore, it was drawn as the final report of this research. These results informed that creativity and intellectual initiative helped humans to solve research problems and answer goals. The power of innovation can be seen through the teacher's creations in making it easier for students to absorb the knowledge being taught. The teaching of Jesus is a major factor for creative, innovative, and motivational Catholic teachers. A creative, innovative, and motivational Catholic teacher must prioritize his essential duties; find students and answer their needs; using contextual media according to the needs of students or learners; always strives to be a person or a teacher with integrity, role model, and disregard.

Principals’ attentional scope and teacher creativity: the role of principals’ ambidexterity and knowledge sharing

ABSTRACT The study relies on the perspectives of principal information processing, learning and creativity, and examines an innovative model linking principals’ attentional scope (PAS) to a teacher’s creativity through the mediating effect of principals’ ambidexterity and internal and external knowledge sharing. Data were collected from a survey of 833 teachers at 75 Israeli Arab elementary schools. Multilevel structural equation modeling was conducted to test the proposed model, using the M-plus program. Results showed that PAS is positively related to ambidexterity and its separate dimensions of exploration and exploitation activities. Principals’ ambidexterity and exploration ability were related to the process of internal and external knowledge sharing, which in turn related positively to teacher creativity. Furthermore, principals’ ambidexterity and both internal and external knowledge sharing were found to be the missing link between PAS and a teacher’s creativity. This paper contributes to the literature on leadership, innovation and creativity, highlighting the importance of school principals’ characteristics for teacher creativity, and in particular how school leaders’ acquisition of knowledge and information affects their own learning, and encourages internal and external knowledge sharing and creativity.

Symposium

What does it mean to be creative? Most people tend to think of creativity in the realm of the arts, such as writing, painting, or composing original works. In reality, that's a relatively limited definition. Creativity can be seen as a part of daily life, as a life skill in managing and enjoying day to day life. Creativity's link with mental health is multi dimensional .In this symposium we plan to discuss four important but different perspectives of creativity.1. Therapeutic use of creativity –with special reference to poetry and artwork Suddhendu Chakraborty2. The link between creativity and substance use –the evidence and challenges Pavitra KS3. Creativity for the common- creativity as a life skill –how to incorporate creativity in our daily life? Abhiruchi Chatterjee4. The role of yoga in fostering Creativity Rajasri Ray‘Many faces of Creativity’ brings out interesting dimensions of creativity in therapeutic, preventive and pathological aspects. The IPS Task force on Creativity and mental health has been working on all these aspects of creativity. We plan to bring forth the clinically relevant and easily applicable techniques of creativity in this national conference.

Cognitive manifestations of translation activity: resource, shift, judgment

Modern translation studies is characterized by increased attention to research on cognitive aspects of translation activity. One of the prevailing ideas of modern approaches is the desire to bring cognition beyond the limits of the human brain and consciousness and to expand the study of cognition to the level of situationally conditioned interaction with the environment and cognitive involvement of this environment. Thus, modern translational accents of cognitive research are shifted, in particular towards, equally as well as due to, situatedness and embodiment. Scholars are interested not only in what actually happens in the human brain; they seek to expand the subject matter of the issue to include all surrounding human hypostases, including experience, worldview, individual history and environment. Such a point of view is well-argued, since modern translation activity is determined by a number of factors: time limits for translation, encorporated digital tools for translation, editorial and publishing intervention, reader request, the niche that this translation is intended to fill, personal characteristics of the translator (age, gender, previous experience, intuition, creative abilities, education, talent, competence, zeal, etc.). In this context, consideration of various manifestations of the translator’s cognitive strategy, – effort, resource, stylistic characteristics, and creativity, – acquires special significance. A theoretical and critical analysis and systematization of approaches to the study of the concepts of cognitive resource, cognitive shift, judgment and evaluation performed by the translator were addressed within the scope of the topic. Cognitive resource in this paper is considered as a key component of the translator’s personal competencies and includes such components as: effort, attention, emotions, creativity, intelligence, skills, and experience. The consequence of various modifications from the perspective of the cognitive resource of the translator, to a certain extent, is a cognitive shift, which is interpreted from the perspective of creativity and appropriateness of the application. The appropriateness of the final usage will be considered by the translator at the evaluation and judgment stage. Within the scope of the investigation, we managed to outline the current state of the study of cognitive phenomena from the viewpoint of translator’s creative and intellectual efforts, emphasizing the attempt to comprehend the idea of cognitive process and the acquisition of experience expressed in the cognitive aspects of translation activity.

Research on the innovative development path of Jilin ice and snow tourism fromthe perspective of cultural creativity

Research on the innovative development path of Jilin ice and snow tourism fromthe perspective of cultural creativity

Assessment of Using Design Thinking to Foster Creativity in an Undergraduate Sustainable Engineering Course

Addressing complex global sustainability challenges requires a creative mindset, yet current engineering curriculum does not facilitate development of student creativity. Design thinking, as defined by the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford, is a human-centered, creative design methodology that can be used to foster cognitive aspects of student creativity. This empirical study evaluates the impacts of a design thinking process on student performance, including product creativity as a group measure and students’ individual perspectives of creativity within the context of sustainable engineering. Data was collected in three semesters of an undergraduate sustainable engineering course, two of which implemented design thinking. Student performance on sustainability design challenges was evaluated across four dimensions: novelty, usefulness, sustainability, and application of a design thinking process. Self-reported assessment methods, including pre- and post-surveys and focus groups were used to assess students’ perceptions of their creativity. Groups of students exposed to design thinking had significantly higher design project scores across the novelty, sustainability, and design thinking dimensions. This suggests that design thinking may enhance the quality of solutions to sustainability challenges in terms of creativity and sustainable design. Individually, students became more confident about their ability to be creative as a result of this course and the unique characteristics of design thinking. Collectively, our results suggest that incorporating design thinking into the engineering classroom facilitates student development of a creative cognitive process, enabling innovative solutions to complex engineering and sustainability challenges.

The Revitalization of Chengdu’s Cultural Heritage from the Cultural Creativity Perspective: Value for Engagement and Barriers

Since the 21st century, cultural creativity has become a prominent way to revitalize cultural heritage such as historical buildings and historical landscapes. However, many current practices are dominated by the government, and the factors affecting individual willingness to participate are still unclear. In this study, 28 respondents (16 men, 12 women) were recruited in Chengdu, China, through semi-structured interviews, and the interview data were qualitatively evaluated using thematic analysis. The results show that the influencing factors mainly include six themes: “inclusion of creative environment”, “economic investment risk”, “potential development space”, “information access channels”, “uncertainty of the creative product quality”, and “creation level.” The findings will have important implications for the protection and development of current and future cultural heritage and strengthen the construction of creative cities in specific cultural heritage contexts.

DIRECTOR’S INTERPRETATION OF KAZAKH DANCE: DEVELOPMENT TRAJECTORIES IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF CREATIVITY

The study investigates the director’s interpretations of Kazakh dance in the perspective of creativity on the example of works dated the last quarter of the 20th – early 21st century to determine the choreography’s development vectors with taking into account the aspect of creativity. This research is based on the small and large dance performances analysis. The study relevance lies in the fact that it can become a tool for determining the expression level of the national aspect in Kazakh dance art. The results of the study show the role of creativity in the dance education and its ffectiveness in the development of Kazakh dance art. This tool is necessary for the choreographer’s worldview theoretical analysis and his/her dance interpretation, for the Kazakh choreography subsequent enrichment, and preservation of Kazakh historical identity.

Abstracts from the Spectra 2018 Symposium Part 4: Interspecies

Abstracts from the Spectra 2018 Symposium Part 4: <i>Interspecies</i>