The expatriate-creativity hypothesis: A longitudinal field test

Fee, A; Gray, SJ

The expatriate-creativity hypothesis: A longitudinal field test

Fee, A

Gray, SJ

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Human Relations, 2012, 65 (12), pp. 1515 - 1538
Issue Date:: 2012-12-01

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dc.contributor.author	Fee, A https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0598-0776	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Gray, SJ	en_US
dc.date.issued	2012-12-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Human Relations, 2012, 65 (12), pp. 1515 - 1538	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0018-7267	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/23305
dc.description.abstract	While prior research suggests that the cognitive changes triggered by cross-cultural experiences can enhance an individual's creative-thinking abilities, this is yet to be verified through empirical field research. We draw on schema theory, and the principle of psychological dissonance experienced during cultural adaptation, to argue that expatriates undergo wholesale cognitive changes that can lead to enhanced creative-thinking abilities. We test this hypothesis by measuring changes in the creative-thinking abilities of a sample of expatriates over the first 12 months of their placement. When compared with a control group of non-expatriates, the expatriates showed significant increases in overall creative-thinking abilities and cognitive flexibility, although not originality, elaboration, or ideational fluency. © The Author(s) 2012.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Human Relations	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/0018726712454900	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Business & Management	en_US
dc.title	The expatriate-creativity hypothesis: A longitudinal field test	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	12	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	65	en_US
utslib.for	1503 Business and Management	en_US
utslib.for	1608 Sociology	en_US
utslib.for	1701 Psychology	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
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pubs.issue	12	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	65	en_US

Abstract:

While prior research suggests that the cognitive changes triggered by cross-cultural experiences can enhance an individual's creative-thinking abilities, this is yet to be verified through empirical field research. We draw on schema theory, and the principle of psychological dissonance experienced during cultural adaptation, to argue that expatriates undergo wholesale cognitive changes that can lead to enhanced creative-thinking abilities. We test this hypothesis by measuring changes in the creative-thinking abilities of a sample of expatriates over the first 12 months of their placement. When compared with a control group of non-expatriates, the expatriates showed significant increases in overall creative-thinking abilities and cognitive flexibility, although not originality, elaboration, or ideational fluency. © The Author(s) 2012.

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