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Research On The Influence Of Culture,Education And Economy On Creativity

Posted on:2013-02-03Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:Q H TianFull Text:PDF
GTID:1117330371982204Subject:Management Science and Engineering
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The international competition is becoming more and more fierce since the 21th century, andthe competition of national comprehensive strength is really the competition of creativity .Thispaper studies the influence of culture,the level of economic development and the mode ofeducation on creativity taking the winners of national outstanding youth fund as examples anddepending on the national condition.This paper makes assumptions based on the references and contributions of the seniors, anduses questionnaires to collect data, then uses statistic software to analyse the data.Correlationanalysis, anova analysis and regression analysis are also used to verify the assumptions.Main creative achievements are as follows:1.Culture impacts on creativity significantly. Foreign scholars mainly study the relationshipbetween culture and creativity from an overall perspective, some studies focuse on the impact ofindividualism - collectivism on creativity.This paper conducts research on the relationship beteeneach cultural dimensions and creativity in the chinese context based on Hofstede's culturaldimensions, thus enrich the content of empirical research. The study results reveal thatrespondents with obvious individualism have high creativity and so does respondents with mansupremacy.2.Education impacts on creativity significantly.Scholars mainly compare the creativity levelof different educational modes. This paper analyses the creativity level of chinese educationalmodes and also explore the relationship among educational modes,culture and creativity,proposing that educational methods plays an intermediary role between culture andcreativity.The study results show that respondents who received the independent or inspirededucational method have high creativity,which provides data reference for the reform of Chineseeducational system.3. Economy impacts on creativity significantly. Scholars generally belive that the economicresources and wealth aggregation affect creativity, they have a comparative research oncreativity of countries with different economic development levels. This paper analyzes therelationship among different regional economic conditions ,family economic situation andcreativity, and discusses the relationship of economy, culture and creativity, proposing that economic development level plays a regulatory role between culture and creativity, which breaksthe theoretical study of the related fields.The study results reveal that the better familialeconomic condition is, the obvious individualism is. The worse familial economic conditionis,the higher uncertainty avoidance is. The better regional economic condition is, the loweruncertainty avoidance is. Familial economic plays a mediating role between individualism andcreativity.We also find that the respondents have high creativity, different age and gender has noapparent differences in creativity. Besides,most of the respondents have participated in YouthScience and Technology Activities or foreign exchange activities.Based on the analysis of the data, this paper proposes the following suggestions: Weshould focus on the training of youth creativity, build a culture that is conducive tocreativity development, reform education methods to boost the development of creativity andpay attention to economic development to promote creativity development. In the meanwhile,the sample of this peper is relatively homogeneous and it only takes the outstanding youth asexamples.Besides, the designation of the questionnaire is also of some limitations.
Keywords/Search Tags:Culture, Educational mode, Economic development level, Creativity
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