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Multicultural experience enhances creativity: the when and how.

Angela Ka-Yee Leung1, William W Maddux, Adam D Galinsky

  • 1School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, Singapore 178903. angelaleung@smu.edu.sg

The American Psychologist
|April 2, 2008
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Multicultural experiences enhance creativity by boosting idea generation and cognitive processes. Openness to foreign cultures and flexible thinking in learning environments amplify these creative benefits.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Organizational Behavior

Background:

  • Multicultural competence initiatives in education and organizations often assume a link between multicultural experience and creativity.
  • Previous research has not empirically demonstrated that exposure to multiple cultures directly enhances creativity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To empirically demonstrate that exposure to multiple cultures enhances creativity.
  • To investigate the relationship between the extensiveness of multicultural experiences and creative performance.
  • To explore the cognitive processes that mediate the link between multicultural experiences and creativity.

Main Methods:

  • The study involved empirical research to establish a causal link between multicultural experiences and creativity.
  • Measures included creative performance (insight learning, remote association, idea generation) and creativity-supporting cognitive processes.
  • Analysis examined the role of openness to foreign cultures and contextual factors.

Main Results:

  • Extensiveness of multicultural experiences was positively correlated with creative performance.
  • Multicultural experiences were linked to improved cognitive processes supporting creativity, such as unconventional knowledge retrieval.
  • The positive impact of multicultural experiences on creativity was moderated by individual openness to foreign cultures and contextual flexibility.

Conclusions:

  • Exposure to multiple cultures can, in itself, enhance creativity.
  • Promoting creativity in globalized settings may involve fostering multicultural experiences and open, flexible learning environments.
  • Individual openness and contextual factors play a crucial role in realizing the creative benefits of multiculturalism.