Creativity, uncertainty and discomfort: teachers as writers

Motivation and Creativity: Effects of Motivational Orientation on Creative Writers

This study directly tested the hypothesis that intrinsic motivation is conducive to creativity and extrinsic motivation is detrimental. Chosen because they identified themselves as actively involved in creative writing, 72 young adults participated in individual laboratory sessions where they were asked to write 2 brief poems. Before writing the second poem, subjects in an intrinsic orientation...

Practical Consequences for Writers of Science and Their Teachers

IntellIgence and tolerance / Intolerance for UncertaInty as PredIctors of creatIvIty

The present paper describes two studies that investigated incremental predictive value of tolerance and intolerance for uncertainty in predicting creativity. The first study shows significant positive incremental predictive power of tolerance for un­ certainty over general intelligence in predicting creativity. The second study re­ veals a negative relationship between intolerance for uncertain...

Physicians as writers.

the patient’s story, and enjoy the interaction with patients and families. They are also part of the full gamut of life experiences and events, often in dramatic fashion. Smithers noted that “opportunities for the close observation of the great variety of men and women under conditions of stress, suffering, relief and bereavement has been theirs; indeed they have seen more of the triumph of the...

Empowering Leadership, Uncertainty Avoidance, Trust, and Employee Creativity

This study was conducted in 2016 aimed to investigate the relationship between empowering leadership, uncertainty avoidance, trust, and employee creativity with regard to interaction effects and mediating mechanism. The population consists of 205 employees from the Nomadic affairs of Fars Province. In accordance with the Cochran formula, the sample size of 134 was calculated that were participa...