Role In Creation Research Articles

Exploring the influence of musical training on mathematical creativity

Studies generally affirm a positive association between musical instruction and mathematics performance, although conflicting views persist. No prior study has been found examining the potential impact of music training on mathematical creativity and limited research has addressed the relationship between this instruction and overall creativity. This study aims to validate the positive effects of musical training on mathematical performance and explores the role of mathematical creativity in this relationship, addressing a research gap. For this purpose, 220 students of the third year of compulsory secondary-school education (62 of whom combined compulsory education with musical studies at the conservatory) underwent two tests to assess their mathematical creativity and academic performance in mathematics. The results revealed that the percentage of students with high mathematical creativity is relatively small (5.9 % of the participants). Besides, a moderate and positive correlation (r = 0.504) between both variables was found. However, in some cases, there was a lack of association between the scores of the two tests suggests diverse educational implications, as the presence of mathematically creative students whose potential may remain hidden due to average academic performance in this discipline. Furthermore, students who received musical training demonstrated greater mathematical creativity, even after considering the effect of higher academic performance in mathematics, suggesting that musical instruction enhances creativity in the domain of mathematics.

Creativity – help or hindrance? The impact of product review creativity on perceived helpfulness

Although the role of creativity in influencing consumer responses is well explored in research related to marketer-generated content, it has yet to be examined for consumer-generated online reviews. Across two studies (a text analysis of 33,508 online reviews and an experiment), this research examines the influence of creativity in online review narratives on readers' perceptions of review helpfulness. The results from these studies show that: 1. more creative reviews are evaluated as more helpful than less creative reviews, 2. perceived cognitive effort of the review originator mediates this relationship, but perceived sincerity of the review does not, and 3. product type moderates the relationship, such that greater creativity positively impacts perceived helpfulness of reviews for search products but has a negative effect for experience products.

The Role of Transformational Leadership and Psychological Empowerment Toward Employee Creativity

Employee creativity is a fundamental cognitive skill; according to the latest statistics, employee creativity is the most crucial factor for future success and is integrated into the bottom line in all organisations. Previous research reported a significant relationship between transformational leadership and employee creativity; however, the mechanism of this relationship is still unfolding, and the mediatory role of these variables is largely unexplored. Thus, this study aims to examine the mediating effect of psychological empowerment between transformational leadership and employee creativity within Malaysia's customer service industry due to its crucial role in meeting changing demands through excellent service in a socio-cultural context. A total of 429 responses were collected through questionnaires consist of four main parts including demographic information, transformational leadership, employee creativity and psychological empowerment. The data were analysed using measurement and structural models through smart-PLS using structural equation modelling with bootstrapping. The findings revealed that transformational leadership does not have a significant positive relationship with employee creativity. Meanwhile, the result demonstrates that there is a significant relationship between transformational leadership and psychological empowerment as well as between psychological empowerment and employee creativity. Interestingly, the findings revealed that psychological empowerment mediates the relationship between transformational leadership and employee creativity. This study contributes to the theoretical perspective in terms of the mediating role of psychological empowerment in the relationship between transformational leadership and employee creativity. As for the practical implications, this study provides empirical evidence for the organisation to design interventions that enhance creativity by empowering psychology among the employees.

Visual Metaphorical Advertising: The Moderating Role of Creativity and the Mediating Role of Informativeness

The use of visual metaphor is a creative and prevalent practice in the advertising industry, but it poses a significant challenge in terms of understanding the intended advertising message. This study suggests the importance of determining the appropriate level of creativity in designing effective advertising campaigns. It also emphasizes the significance of incorporating informativeness into advertising messages, as visuals alone may not suffice in creating a successful advertising campaign. To address these aspects, a combination of research methods was employed, including the analysis of 3,000 conceptual advertisements. Existential-phenomenological interviews were conducted with eight domain experts, and responses were collected from 305 participants, which were analyzed using Smart PLS. This extensive research effort unravels latent dimensions and provides valuable guidelines for advertising and creative agencies’ design teams. The findings underscore that dependence on visual metaphor alone is inadequate to capture the audience’s attention and elicit their emotions without the addition of informativeness and/or creativity. These findings have profound implications for advertising and creative agencies, offering valuable insights for the design of visual metaphorical advertising campaigns.

Mediating effects of knowledge sharing and employee creativity on the relationship between visionary leadership and innovative work behavior

Purpose This study aims to explore how visionary leadership influences innovative work behavior (IWB) with the mediating effect of knowledge sharing (KS), employee creativity and moderating role of work centrality in the relationship between employee creativity and IWB in the organization. Design/methodology/approach A survey was administered to 304 respondents who were employees in different organizations in the United Arab Emirates. The data were analyzed through structural equation modeling using SmartPLS4. Findings The results show that visionary leadership is significantly associated with KS and employee creativity. Moreover, employee creativity has a notable impact on IWB, and the connection between employee creativity and IWB remains unaffected by work centrality. Originality/value This study offers a novel perspective by investigating the interrelationship between visionary leadership, KS, employee creativity, work centrality and IWB. A distinctive feature of this study lies in its focus on the mediation and moderation effects within this framework, with emphasis on a relatively new leadership style, visionary leadership. By exploring the mediating role of KS between visionary leadership and employee creativity, as well as the mediating role of employee creativity between KS and IWB, this study offers one of the first to highlight the underlying mechanisms that drive IWB. Furthermore, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is one of the first to introduce work centrality as a moderator in the relationship between employee creativity and IWB.

Customer pressure and creating green innovation: The role of green thinking and green creativity

This study examined and measured customer pressure's affection for green innovation in the emerging. The study collected data from 331 participants from the manufacturing sector in the Southeast region of Vietnam through questionnaires. The author examined the study's hypotheses using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results confirmed the crucial role of customer pressure (CP) in executing green innovation (GI) through green thinking (GT) and green creativity (GC). The results significantly contribute to enriching the GI theory. In addition, managers can consider the research findings to develop a strong GI by promoting positive GK and GC.

Schumacher in the age of generative AI: Towards a new critique of technology

This article sets out to bring E. F. Schumacher’s social theory of technology into dialogue with recent advances in the field of generative artificial intelligence (AI). By generative AI, we are here referring to a new constellation of machine learning technologies that aim to simulate and, subsequently, automate human creativity, with a particular focus on OpenAI’s GPT-3 family (ChatGPT and DALL-E). Often overlooked in contemporary debates on machine learning and AI, we argue that Schumacher’s 1973 book, Small is Beautiful, offers a series of insights and concepts that are increasingly relevant for the development of a humanist politics under conditions of computation. With a particular focus on Schumacher’s account of ‘intermediate technology’, we suggest that his emphasis on the social role of human creativity and identification of scale as a crucial concept to deploy in critiquing technology together provide a unique framework within which to (a) address the rise of what we call ‘pathologies of meaning’ and (b) offer a powerful way to consider alternatives to the gigantisms of the FAANG (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google) and Silicon Valley-style ideologies of digital transformation.

Digital content and reading encouragement initiatives... A vision towards a knowledge society

Perhaps it is enough to read the importance and destiny and consider it a key to knowledge and the achievement of civilized renaissance, as it is the first divine command that came with the faithful revelation of the illiterate prophet, the last of the prophets and messengers. This is indisputable proof that reading outweighs everything of importance and value in life. Therefore, no two disagree that the decisive factor in the present and future life revolves around knowledge, by which the progress and superiority of nations and societies is measured and their arrangement among the developed and less developed countries of the world, since the early nineties of the last century, and with the increasing spread and development of the use of information and communication technology The governments of all countries are actively seeking to pay attention to information management, knowledge production, and civilizational value creation. Of course, the use or consumption of information and the production of knowledge, and the growing interest in the growing awareness of the role of creativity and innovation by using knowledge to add value, come only through the availability of digital content in a way that guarantees availability and rapid access in order to enhance knowledge and cultural openness and create information awareness among generations. At this juncture, the problematic of this research paper emerges in: The nation of Iqra does not read, as it is one of the least countries in the world in demand for reading, which negatively affects its awareness and awareness of achieving the civilizational renaissance, as the main question on which the axes of the paper are based to answer is: • What is the method or the elements through which it is possible for the Arab countries to be a nation of reading in the full sense of the word, and to be able to achieve the civilizational renaissance and progress towards the knowledge society with merit and competence?

유아교사의 수학적 상호작용에 대한 수학지원지식의 영향

Objectives In this study, it was verified whether the moderating effect of teaching creativity on the effect of early childhood teachers' play teaching efficacy and mathematics pedagogical content knowledge on mathematical interaction was significant.
 Methods For this purpose, 300 nursery class teachers working at daycare centers and kindergartens in the metropolitan area were selected. As a measuring tool for the mathematical interaction of early childhood teachers, Kim and Kwon (2022)'s tools and early childhood teachers' mathematics subject pedagogical knowledge tool developed by Hong and Jeong (2012) were used to find out mathematics pedagogical content knowledge. In order to measure teaching creativity, the ‘teacher's creative teaching-learning test tool’ developed by Cropley (2004) was modified and adapted by Baek and Kim (2008) and validated and verified. For data analysis, frequency, percentage, average, reliability analysis, partial correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis for moderating effect analysis, and moderating effect analysis were conducted using the SPSS 22.0 program. At this time, a hierarchical multiple regression analysis was conducted after injecting the status of tenure and training, career, number of times of use of study materials, and the number of homeroom teachers as control variables.
 Results The effect of mathematics pedagogical content knowledge on the mathematical interaction of early childhood teachers was regulated by teaching creativity.
 Conclusions This study found that the early childhood teacher's teaching creativity plays a role in regulating the effect of mathematics pedagogical content knowledge on mathematical interaction, and thus the role of teaching creativity is important in the variables that affect mathematical interaction. Therefore, it was revealed that educational and institutional support for improving teaching creativity is needed first.

THE PEDAGOGICAL INFLUENCE OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ON THE LEGAL CONSCIOUSNESS OF A STUDENT

Purpose. The article is devoted to the problem of the influence of religious consciousness on the legal students’ consciousness. The purpose of this work is to study the influence of religious education on the formation of legal consciousness of schoolchildren and students in the modern Russian sociocultural situation. The work is aimed at identifying the role of religiosity and traditional values in maintaining high moral principles, the unity of society, as well as determining the effectiveness of the pedagogical impact of religious education on the legal consciousness of young people. Methodology. The work analyzes domestic and foreign research on the influence of religious education on legal consciousness. At the same time, attention is focused on research that is related to the pedagogical impact of religious education on legal consciousness. Results. The author comes to the conclusion that it will be effective to introduce into teaching activities a block of subjects related to religious education of a supra-confessional nature, promoting unity and education of citizens based on common values. The effectiveness of modern education is associated not only with knowledge, but also with internal comprehension, which requires independent decisions of students. Religious education and its pedagogical method, based on love and care, taking into account the priority of spirituality, is capable of shaping civic identity. The role of dialogue, creativity and project work is important for deep understanding and value development, promoting the creation of a society based on mutual understanding and respect. Religious education in such a context acts as a basis for dialogue and mutual understanding, which provides the basis for mutual respect and peaceful coexistence between different religious traditions. Practical implications. Research can be used to update the educational system, introducing new approaches to learning based on mutual understanding, respect and dialogue. This includes the development and implementation of modules related to religious education, of a supra-confessional nature, which can promote unity and the education of citizens on the basis of common values. The results of this work can be applied both in the training of teachers and directly within the framework of the organization of legal education in educational organizations.

Need for achievement and financial performance: a mediating role of board creativity

Need for achievement and financial performance: a mediating role of board creativity

Pandemic Portals and Radical Imaginations: Employing Critical Arts-Based Pedagogies Toward Racial Justice with Secondary Preservice English Teachers

Background: In the wake of COVID-19 and protests against racial violence, scholars of education, alongside educational organizations, called for innovative responses to address racial injustice, but one solution was consistently mentioned across educational spaces: the need for educators to reimagine education in a postpandemic/endemic world. And yet, even though the importance of (re)imagination in deterring educational issues was greatly emphasized in academia and popular culture, scholarship detailing ways to activate teachers’ imaginations was limited. Purpose: Considering the role of imagination and creativity in the fight for racial justice, the purpose of this article is to examine how arts-based pedagogies in the teacher education classroom might provide space for preservice teachers to cultivate their imaginative proclivities toward racial justice. Research Design: To engage in this analysis, the author employs a thematic analytic process undergirded by the concept of activist art pedagogy and supported by a conceptual framework that bridges abolitionist teaching and the Archaeology of Self. The combination of the framework and analytic method was used to analyze visual artifacts and meta-reflections created by preservice teachers who constructed multiple aesthetic responses to class readings. Conclusions or Recommendations: Findings suggest that critical arts-based inquiries helped preservice teachers to personally connect to and question the historical roots of racial justice. Further, findings indicate that arts-based inquiries can engage preservice teachers’ creative proclivities toward a reimagination of their roles and responsibilities as racial justice–informed teachers.

Teaching Students to Think Creatively (in Drawing Classes)

In the first way of developing spatial imagination, the spatial imagination of students is increased by using drawings given on objects, mentally dividing them into simple figures and drawing up their clear image. Indeed, if there is a clear image of the object depicted in the figure, it becomes easier for the student to visualize the object, the appearance of which is given in the figures. Through a qualitative analysis of teaching methodologies and student experiences, this research investigates the strategies employed by art instructors to stimulate creative thinking in drawing classes. It explores how instructors design curriculum, structure assignments, and provide feedback to encourage students to approach drawing with imagination and inventiveness. Furthermore, this study examines the impact of these teaching practices on students' creative development and artistic growth. By analyzing student artworks, reflections, and assessments, it evaluates the effectiveness of different pedagogical approaches in nurturing creative thinking skills. The findings of this research shed light on the importance of teaching students to think creatively in drawing classes and offer practical insights for art educators seeking to enhance their teaching practices. By fostering a supportive and stimulating learning environment that encourages experimentation and risk-taking, instructors can empower students to unlock their creative potential and develop as artists. This research contributes to our understanding of the role of creativity in art education and provides valuable guidance for educators striving to cultivate creative thinking skills in their students within the context of drawing classes.

Serendipity: The Role of Chance and Accidents in Creativity

ABSTRACT Chance plays an acknowledged role in creativity, but taking it seriously challenges traditional notions of talent and expertise as well as the importance of agency and intentionality. Chance without skill is not enough on its own to support creativity. The phenomenon of serendipity requires both luck and the skill to make the most of it. This review argues that it can provide a lens through which to understand how individual, emotional and environmental factors interact in the creative process. However, serendipity is acknowledged to be a complex phenomenon that is not easily investigated from an empirical perspective. This review addresses some of the complexities, offers methodological recommendations and surveys some emerging findings.

COMPETITIVE CREATIVITY BETWEEN TALENT MANAGEMENT AND SERVICE QUALITY: EVIDENCE FROM JORDAN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR

Talent management encompasses a wide range of human resources management practices aimed at attracting and developing talented employees. This study examines the impact of talent management on service quality in Jordanian information technology companies, focusing on the perspective of talented employees and the role of competitive creativity. Data was collected from 341 employees at thirty different Jordanian companies using stratified random sampling techniques. The collected data was then analyzed using SPSS and AMOS SPSS analysis techniques to test the conceptual framework. The study findings demonstrate a significant positive impact of talent management on improving service quality, mediated through the indirect influence of competitive creativity. Furthermore, the direct effects of talent management practices such as talent attraction and talent succession planning were found to have a significant positive effect on service quality. On the other hand, the study reveals that other talent management practices, such as talent development, have a negative direct effect on service quality. Given that this study is the first to investigate the mediating role of competitive creativity between talent management and service quality in Jordan, the limitations of the study were carefully considered.

The Role of Technical Creativity in Enhancing innovative marketing

The current research sought to study the role of technical creativity as an independent variable in promoting innovative marketing as a dependent variable in the research sample represented by managers at the General Company for Communications Equipment and Power/Al-Kindi Factory. the research intellectual and field research problem was embodied by asking a research question: Is there a correlation and a moral impact of the dimensions of technical creativity in innovative marketing? the two researchers crystallizing the conceptual framework and adopted the descriptive analytical approach whcih relying on a set of tools for collecting data and information represented by a questionnaire form and field visits in In addition to personal interviews, also the two researchers developed a hypothetical plan to see how the result obtained can devioted from natural value which It reflects the nature of the relationships of correlation and influence between technical innovation, which includes its four dimensions (introducing a new product, improving an existing product, designing a new production process, improving an existing production process) and innovative marketing (assigning resources, developing marketing technology, attracting the customer, and calculated risks).the result of main htpothesiss and many sub-hypotheses was tested at Al Kindi Factory through the use of the ready-made statistical program (SPSS v.23).The research reached a set of results, the most important of which is the existence of a significant correlation between technical creativity and innovative marketing and a significant correlation of technical creativity and innovative marketing in the investigated organization.

Creativity and service innovation in the banking sector: The role of knowledge acquisition and knowledge provision

Creativity and service innovation in the banking sector have been attracting the attention of researchers in Vietnam recently. Therefore, this study focuses on examining the influence of knowledge acquisition and knowledge provision on individual creativity and service innovation in the banking sector. The structural equation modeling (SEM) is used to analyze survey data from 282 employees working in the banking sector in Vietnam. The results show that knowledge acquisition has a direct positive influence on creativity and service innovation. Knowledge acquisition also has an indirect positive influence on service innovation through the mediating role of creativity. Furthermore, knowledge provision has a direct positive influence on knowledge acquisition and an indirect positive influence on creativity and service innovation. Based on these findings, the study provides implications for theory and practice in promoting knowledge sharing to enhance creativity and service innovation in the banking sector.

Entrepreneurial Attitude and Entrepreneurial Intentions of Female Engineering Students: Mediating Roles of Passion and Creativity

Entrepreneurship holds a crucial function in addressing societal and economic issues like joblessness and inequalities between different regions. Acknowledging its significance, government officials and educational institutions exert considerable energy towards nurturing individuals into entrepreneurs. Multiple elements influence a person's path to becoming an entrepreneur. This research seeks to examine how one's entrepreneurial attitude (EA) impacts one's drive to become an entrepreneur, with passion and creativity serving as an intermediary in this connection. The research is explanatory and employs a survey-based approach. The findings convey that entrepreneurial attitude significantly influences the determination of female engineering students to pursue entrepreneurship. The study highlights the mediating roles of passion and creativity in the relationship between entrepreneurial attitude and intentions. While passion positively mediated the relationship, creativity had a negative mediating effect.

The influence of organisational learning capability on the organisational use of SMA practices: The mediating role of employee creativity and empowerment

AbstractThis study extends the strategic management accounting (SMA) and organisational learning literature by examining the role of organisational learning capability in facilitating the organisational use of SMA practices. Further, we consider the role of two employee behavioural factors – employee empowerment of SMA practices and employee creativity – in mediating this relationship. Data was collected from 332 accountants in Australian business organisations using an online survey questionnaire, with structural equation modelling applied to analyse the data. The findings highlight the direct and indirect (through employee empowerment of SMA practices and employee creativity) influence that organisational learning capability has on the organisational use of SMA practices.

Creating a Role for Light: A Lighting Design Teaching Method Based on Stanislavsky

ABSTRACT The creative role of stage lighting is increasingly appreciated in contemporary theatre practice. However, aesthetic sensibility seems harder to teach than technology. This essay focuses on lighting design students and a learning journey inspired by Konstantin Stanislavsky. According to Scott Palmer, “[Stanislavsky’s] use of light at the Moscow Art Theatre made a fundamental contribution to the evolution of his acting method.” The connection between Stanislavsky’s work with light and the methods used by pioneers in the field of lighting design including Adolphe Appia, Edward Gordon Craig, Stanley McCandless, and Jean Rosenthal is examined. Beyond purely practical considerations, such as visibility and smooth transitions between the scenes, this essay sheds light on how Stanislavsky’s method can be used to help young aspiring lighting designers conceive the dramaturgical role of light. A proposal for a teaching approach is presented, using Stanislavsky’s basic techniques as an example. From the analysis of the text and the given circumstances to the magic “if,” which takes the actor into the world of the play, Stanislavsky’s approach can easily be applied to the creative process of a contemporary lighting designer. The interpretation of Stanislavsky’s work from a lighting designer’s perspective also leads to useful conclusions about the art of collaboration in the performing arts.