Fostering creativity and communicative soft skills through leisure activities in management studies
| Autor: | Maria Beatriz Gonzalez-Sanchez, Mercedes Mareque, Elena de Prada Creo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Higher education
business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Teaching method 05 social sciences Soft skills 050301 education Flexibility (personality) Creativity Education Social skills Originality 0502 economics and business Mathematics education Business Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) Life-span and Life-course Studies Psychology business 0503 education Divergent thinking 050203 business & management media_common |
| Zdroj: | Education + Training. 61:94-107 |
| ISSN: | 0040-0912 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/et-07-2018-0149 |
| Popis: | Purpose The purpose of this paper is to gain insight into the way leisure activities and soft skills relate to creativity in higher education. It determines which activities have a positive impact on the student body’s overall education. Previous research evidences the relationship between specific leisure activities and creativity performance in several scenarios. Our work applies a broad range of these leisure activities to find results within our own specific student population. Design/methodology/approach The methodology is based on a survey of 303 Spanish students in Business Administration and Tourism. The study uses two instruments to measure the creativity of students, the Runco Ideational Behavior Scale (RIBS) and a three-dimensional construct that measures divergent thinking (originality, fluency and flexibility). Findings The results reveal that the average for creativity is higher for those students participating in some of the activities proposed. A positive correlation was also observed between the number of leisure activities and the creativity measures analysed. This confirms that students participating in more leisure activities display higher levels of creativity. Finally, the results display that the vast majority of students are involved in some type of activity, but two of the interpersonal skills that companies appreciate the most (reading and writing) are performed by very few students. This is especially the case of writing. Originality/value This study contributes to the pedagogical strategies that can be used in universities to motivate practising leisure activities as a mean of fostering creativity. It is important to note that the involvement of students in leisure activities can benefit from their integration into the labour market. |
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