Pliable Guidance: A Multilevel Model of Curiosity, Feedback Seeking, and Feedback Giving in Creative Work
| Autor: | Spencer Harrison, Karyn Dossinger |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Process (engineering)
Strategy and Management media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Multilevel model Moderation Creativity General Business Management and Accounting 050105 experimental psychology Test (assessment) Seekers Creative work Management of Technology and Innovation 0502 economics and business Mathematics education Curiosity 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Business and International Management Psychology Social psychology 050203 business & management media_common |
| Zdroj: | Academy of Management Journal. 60:2051-2072 |
| ISSN: | 1948-0989 0001-4273 |
| DOI: | 10.5465/amj.2015.0247 |
| Popis: | We propose and test a multilevel model that positions trait curiosity as a key individual difference during the revision and evaluation stages of the creative process. Using a sample of T-shirt designers, their creative drafts, and the questions and comments that feedback seekers and providers posted to an online workshop, we find curiosity acts as a bridge connecting creative workers with their feedback providers in novel ways. We advance pliable guidance as a theoretical umbrella to describe how feedback seekers and providers in creative work find a balance between the direction that makes feedback informative and the freedom to explore that infuses new ideas in their work. Our findings show that more curious individuals seek feedback by asking more open questions, which allows them to obtain more feedback. We also find that ambivalent feedback is more likely to lead to feedback acceptance and design revision. Finally, our results suggest that curiosity is an important moderator of how creative workers ... |
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