Creative Process: Are There Differences Across Cultures?

Event Location / Date(s)

New Haven, CT

Event Name / Location

Eastern Academy of Management

Presentation Date

5-4-2016

Document Type

Conference Presentation

Presenter(s) / Author(s)

Marina McCarthy, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

Description

This paper examines the effects of cross-cultural differences in the context of creativity as a process. Extending existing models of creativity, I propose a theoretical framework that identifies specific mechanisms of cultural influence on the key steps of the creative action. Specifically, the paper examines the effect of cultural differences in motivation and cognition on how individuals progress through the process and arrive at qualitatively different creative outcomes. The proposed model provides a potential explanation for the cross-cultural differences in the degree of creativity that were observed by researchers in the past.

NSUWorks Citation

McCarthy, Marina, "Creative Process: Are There Differences Across Cultures?" (2016). HCBE Faculty Presentations. 1114.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hcbe_facpres/1114