Publication Type
Conference Proceeding Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
8-2015
Abstract
Deviant from thecurrent literature of multiculturalism-creativity link, this paper investigateswhether individuals benefit from exposure to one but diverse culture as well asthe moderators for this relationship. Drawing upon knowledge activation theory, Study 1found that individuals raised in a diverse culture like Singapore exhibithigher creativity when primed with their culture than in the control conditions. However, this advantage disappearswhen the Singaporean cultural tendency “Kiasu”, also known as extremecompetitiveness, is recalled when individuals are primed with their culture.Study 2 further examined how the Kiasu prime, personal Kiasu tendency, and needfor cognitive closure (NFCC) interact to influence creativity. The resultsshowed that when the Kiasu mindset is primed, individual Kiasu tendencyinteracts with NFCC to influence creativity. However, when the Kiasu mindset isnot primed, only individual Kiasu tendency influences creativity. Thesefindings broaden the current understanding of how different type ofmulticultural experience benefits creativity.
Keywords
Multiculturalism, Creativity, Need for Cognitive Closure, Kiasu, Competitiveness
Discipline
Industrial and Organizational Psychology | Psychology
Research Areas
Psychology
Publication
Academy of Management Proceedings
Identifier
10.5465/AMBPP.2015.135
Publisher
Academy of Management
City or Country
Vancouver, Canada
Citation
CHENG, Chi-Ying, "The effects of cosmopolitan culture, competitiveness, and need for cognitive closure on creativity" (2015). Research Collection School of Social Sciences. Paper 2035.
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2035
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2035
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2015.135