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Dear Helena, Let me start off by saying your research is outside my areas of expertise. But somewhere in the back of my mind I think i heard that the structure of one's native language was related to creativity. Language and culture go hand in hand. Thus, there might be a link. But first check on my recollections. Talk to a linguist.

Best, kim
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Subject: Re: [OB-LIST] Cross-cultural research on emotions and creativity

Hello Helena,
I'm also conducting my first PhD study on the affect-creativity link. The controversy surrounding the link does indicate the existence of moderating variables of the relationship - e.g., my preliminary results suggest that STATE goal orientation moderates the effects of momentary affect on creative task episodes.
To my best knowledge, I'm not aware of any research directly regarding how culture may govern the impact of affect on creativity. It is reasonable to see that cultural difference might lead individuals to regulate emotion differently and, most importantly, to appraise affective events differently. That's, culture may influence how, what or when emotions are triggered. After emotions get underway, however, I (in my own opinion) believe that the effects of the affective arousal on one's cognitive flexibility/persistence, and thus on creativity, are independent of culture.
Some personal thoughts only. But, it's nice to know you're doing a similar topic. Stay in touch!
Cheers,
March L. TO
PhD Candidate
School of Business
The University of Queensland, Australia
Email address: m.to@business.uq.edu.au<mailto:m.to@business.uq.edu.au>
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HELENA VIVIANA GONZALEZ GOMEZ wrote:
Dear Colleagues,

I am currently doing research on emotions and creativity in Colombia. I want to evaluate the impact of culture on this relationship (emotions to creativity), but I'm not sure how to address this issue. Would it be a good idea to measure some personal cultural values and see how they influence the emotions-creativity link? or would it be better to take a sample from a cultural-distant country and compare the two cultures?

Any ideas or suggested readings regarding this issue are wellcome,

Thanks in advance for you help,

Helena González
PhD Candidate - OB
Instituto de Empresa - Spain

Hola Helena,

Will Maddux at INSEAD is doing some work on how culture and cross-cultural
experience influence creativity. You may find his research informative to
your own.

Unfortunately, I can't seem to load the INSEAD web-site (www.insead.edu) at
the moment to give you the direct path to his faculty profile.

Suerte con el proyecto,
Jason

Jason R. Pierce
Doctoral Candidate
Organizational Behavior
Kelley School of Business
http://mypage.iu.edu/~jrpierce/
jrpierce@indiana.edu

Dear Helena,

I've done some work on creativity across cultures. I don't know of
anyone who has done exactly what you're doing. There is a lot out
there on culture and emotion and a little on culture and creativity.
Between those two literatures, you should find some inspiration.

Here's some resources you might find useful:

Methods and Data Analysis for Cross-Cultural Research (1997) by van de
Vijver and Leung is a really good book on conducting cross-cultural
psychology
http://www.sagepub.com/booksProdDesc.nav?prodId=Book6080

They also have an article where they discuss a taxonomy of
cross-culture research which should help:
Vijver, F.J.R. van de, & Leung, K. (2000). Methodological issues in
psychological research on culture. Journal of Cross-Cultural
Psychology, 31(1), 33-51.

The Handbook of Culture and Psychology (2001) edited by David
Matsumoto has, if I recall, a good methods chapter. It also has a good
review (as of its publication) on culture and emotion.
http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Culture-Psychology-David-Matsumoto/dp/0195131819

The International Handbook of Creativity (2006) edited by James
Kaufman and Robert Sternberg
http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521838428
That discusses creativity research in different countries.

You could do a cross-cultural study or a within-cultural study. What
values are important depends on your research questions and theory.

I could also refer you to other articles on defining culture,
measuring culture, and so on. I have a couple published articles on
culture and creativity but I'm not sure that they're directly relevant
to what you're trying to do.

If you happen to already belong to APA, you could also join (for a
small fee) Division 10 -- division of creativity, aesthetics, and the
arts -- and see if anyone there knows anything.

Best of luck!

Susannah Paletz
University of Pittsburgh

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 4:29 PM, HELENA VIVIANA GONZALEZ GOMEZ
<hvgonzalez.phd2010@alumno.ie.edu> wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I am currently doing research on emotions and creativity in Colombia. I want
> to evaluate the impact of culture on this relationship (emotions to
> creativity), but I'm not sure how to address this issue. Would it be a good
> idea to measure some personal cultural values and see how they influence the
> emotions-creativity link? or would it be better to take a sample from a
> cultural-distant country and compare the two cultures?
>
> Any ideas or suggested readings regarding this issue are wellcome,
>
> Thanks in advance for you help,
>
> Helena González
> PhD Candidate - OB
> Instituto de Empresa - Spain
>
>
>