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Uncertainty Management’s Impact on Job Satisfaction and Innovation
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships between person-organization uncertainty management (UM) fit, and two outcomes in an innovative workplace: job satisfaction and innovation. Design/methodology/approach – This study analyzes data gathered through self-report questionnaires from a government-funded engineering research organization. Complementary fit variables were constructed using a median split method, and complementarity was examined by using separate ANCOVAs to compare person-organization fit dissimilarity and person-organization fit similarity. Findings –The study affirmed that followers, even uncertainty averse ones, feel more satisfaction when they perceive their organizations embrace uncertainty. The investigation also found positive effects of high personal UM on innovation and no significant effects for organization UM on innovation. Enhanced organizational innovation was best accounted for by high person UM cooperating in complementary fashion with both high and low UM within the organization. Implications— Even handed organizational efforts to supply support to both sides of this emotionally difficult but beneficial interaction is a key ingredient to enhancing satisfaction in innovative efforts. Organizations may enhance innovation by selecting those creative people who can work in complementary fashion with both high and low UM sides of the organization. Originality / Value—This study is the first outside replication of the UM–job satisfaction studies conducted by the Clampitt and Williams (2005) using their Working Climate Survey. Extending this thread, the investigation explored the effects of person-organization UM fit on innovation. The study provided useful information about the role of UM complementarity in the innovative workplace.uncertainty management; innovation; job satisfaction; fit complementarity.
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Learning In the Visual Arts and the Worldviews of Young Children
This paper reports a research study into the effects of rich,sustained visual arts instruction on 103inner city 9-year-olds in two major US cities. We use the lenses of social learning theory, theories of motivation and self-efficacy, and recentresearch on artistic thinking to investigate the programs' effects on children's self-beliefs and creative thinking. The study enlisted a pre -- post measure,treatment-comparison group design along with structured observations of participant andcomparison group classrooms. The arts students made significant comparative gains on a selfefficacy scale and on an 'originality' subscale of a standard creativity test. These effects are attributed to children's engagement in art and to the social organization of instruction includingreinforcing peer and student -- adult relationships. Relationships between self-efficacy beliefs andtendencies to think originally are explored
Психосемантичні засоби дослідження рефлексивної активності
In this article, reflectivity is considered as an individual general ability to develop
different attitudes to life events in order to reduce an external and internal uncertainty in situations.
The objective of the research is to examine the self-assessment criteria for reflectivity with
psychosemantic procedure. The author designs a modified version of the Ch. Osgood’s (1957)
Semantic Differential (SD) for examining the content and formal features of the self-assessment
criteria of reflectivity. This study suggests two main processes of self-assessment of reflectivity,
notably differentiation and integration. The results of factor analysis indicate that individuals with high
reflectivity level are aligned with low differentiation of the semantic space and monolithic nature of
self-assessment criteria. The coherence and consistency of self-assessment criteria reduce the
individuals’ level of inner uncertainty, transform external problems to familiar tasks and increase an
efficient decision-making. A high level of differentiation is related to individual readiness to make a
correct decision in the situation of multiple choice. High differentiation increases the individual
adjustment and prevents from poor effects of high reflectivity. Consequently, a high level of
reflectivity is associated with a low level of differentiation of self-assessment criteria.У статті рефлексивність розглядається як загальна здатність особистості
ставати у різні позиції щодо подій власної життєдіяльності задля зниження ступеня зовнішньої
та внутрішньої невизначеності. Мета дослідження – випрацювання оцінних критеріїв
рефлективності на основі методів психосемантики. Автор розробила процедуру часткового
семантичного диференціала, придатного для оцінки змісту і формальних рис рефлективності.
Застосування факторного аналізу дало змогу виокремити лише дві узагальнені вторинні
характеристики формальних ознак: рівень інтегрованості та диференціації. Виявлено, що
високий рівень рефлексивності пов’язаний з низькою артикульованістю семантичного
простору, з вираженою монолітністю оцінних критеріїв. Узгодженість та несуперечливість
оцінних критеріїв допомагає суб’єктам знижувати рівень внутрішньої невизначеності, зводити
зовнішні проблеми до типових задач. Висока артикульованість семантичного простору
корелює з готовністю особи до перевірки висунутих припущень у ситуації множинного
вибору, з домінуванням установки на правильність прийняття рішення. У результаті,
встановлено, що високий рівень рефлексивності пов’язаний із низьким рівнем диференціації
критеріїв оцінювання рефлексивної активності
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Innovation and the "dark side" of personality: Dysfunctional traits and their relation to self-reported innovative characteristics
This paper explores the relationship between self-reported innovative characteristics and dysfunctional personality traits. Participants (N = 207) from a range of occupations completed the Innovation Potential Indicator (IPI) and the Hogan Development Survey (HDS). Those who reported innovative characteristics also reported the following dysfunctional traits: Arrogant, Manipulative, Dramatic, Eccentric; and lower levels of Cautious, Perfectionist and Dependent. A representative approximation of the higher order factor “moving against people” (Hogan & Hogan, 1997) was positively associated with innovative characteristics. It is concluded that innovation potential may be viewed as a positive effect of some otherwise dysfunctional traits, most notably those encompassed under the second-order HDS factor ‘moving against people’
Some Empirical Criteria for Attributing Creativity to a Computer Program
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Emotional creativity and real-life involvement in different types of creative leisure activities
The role of emotional creativity in practicing creative leisure activities and in the preference of college majors remains unknown. The present study aims to explore how emotional creativity measured by the Emotional Creativity Inventory (ECI; Averill, 1999) is interrelated with the real-life involvement in different types of specific creative leisure activities and with four categories of college majors. Data were collected from 251 university students, university graduates and young adults (156 women and 95 men). Art students and graduates scored significantly higher on the ECI than other majors. Humanities scored significantly higher than technical/economic majors. Five creative leisure activities were significantly correlated with the ECI, specifically, writing, painting, composing music, performing drama, and do-it-yourself home improvement. Keywords: Creativity, Emotional Creativity, Emotions, Creativeness, Affect, Feelings, Leisure Activities, Creative Ability, Artistic Creativity, Creative Thinking, Creativeness, Aging, Cognitive Deficits, Performance. MeSH Headings: Emotions, Creativity, Leisure, Leisure Activities, Hobbies, Recreation, Affect Affective Symptoms, Creativenes
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