1990
DOI: 10.1080/00207599008246813
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Creativity and Cross‐cultural Variation

Abstract: Is the nature of creativity essentially the same around the globe? The effect of cultural factors on creativity is reviewed. Distinct Western and Oriental perspectives on the definition of creativity and the creative process are described. Culture is also shown to channel creative activity by promoting certain domains, social groups, and characteristic ways of approaching the world. The effects of world‐view and pressure for conformity are then presented as cultural features that relate to the nurturance of cr… Show more

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“…An overview of cross-cultural literature shows that in Europe and Japan, cultures with much less pronounced individualism or, in the case of Japan, collectivism (Hampden-Turner, 1995;Hampden-Turner & Trompenaars, 2001), historically much more attention has been paid to creativity in groups and to cultural context (Lubart, 1990;Ludwig, 1992). We also find that the individual is by no means always the unit of analysis.…”
Section: Cultural Differencesmentioning
confidence: 92%
“…An overview of cross-cultural literature shows that in Europe and Japan, cultures with much less pronounced individualism or, in the case of Japan, collectivism (Hampden-Turner, 1995;Hampden-Turner & Trompenaars, 2001), historically much more attention has been paid to creativity in groups and to cultural context (Lubart, 1990;Ludwig, 1992). We also find that the individual is by no means always the unit of analysis.…”
Section: Cultural Differencesmentioning
confidence: 92%
“…Kultura może także hamować działalność twórczą, poprzez ustalanie reguł powstrzymywania (Andresson, Cropley, 1966) i wyznaczania zagadnień, których poruszanie jest sankcjonowane (Nęcka, 1999). Wpływ kultury na aktywność twórczą ujawnia się również w postaci kanalizowania twórczości (Lubart, 1990(Lubart, , 1999Ludwig, 1992, za: Lubart, 2010: popularność upowszechnianych w kulturze tematów, problemów i zagadnień, przekłada się na waloryzowanie pewnych rodzajów twórczości (Mpofu i in., 2006).…”
Section: Poziom Kulturowyunclassified
“…For instance, Lubart (1990) On the contrary, despite the argument that Eastern cultures tend to be less creative than their Western counterparts; it is difficult to draw a distinction between creative people from diverse cultures. It is vital to understand the cultural and contextual factors when attempting to understand creativity.…”
Section: Differences In Creativitymentioning
confidence: 99%