From cognitive style to creativity achievement: The mediating role of passion.

Abstract

This article examines the mediating effect of passion on the relationship between the cognitive style of students and their creative achievement in the design field. Previous studies demonstrated the relationship between cognitive style and creativity. The additional hypothesis in this article is that passion has a mediating effect in the process. Moreover, the communicative competence factor serves as a control variable in providing a fuller discussion, A total of 276 design students took part in a questionnaire survey. The estimation results from both the hierarchical regression analysis and structural equation model show that harmonious passion Is positively related to creative achievement, but that obsessive passion is not. Harmonious passion plays a mediating role between innovative cognitive style and creative achievement. Further implications of our findings for design and education are discussed.

The role of creativity in mediating the relationship between entrepreneurial passion and entrepreneurial alertness

“…Another important relation worth noting is the one between entrepreneurial passion and creativity. Intense positive feelings and identity centrality showed strong and significant links to creativity (r = .43 and r = .46 respectively, both with p<.001), an aspect which coincides with previous studies (Cardon et al, 2009;Luh & Lu, 2012). Finally, the link between creativity and entrepreneurial alertness was also positive and significant (r = .40, p<.001), coinciding with previous results (Gielnik et al, 2012;Heinonen et al, 2011).…”

“…In other words, entrepreneurial passion is linked to creativity, which in turn is related to entrepreneurial alertness. Based on the results obtained from this study, evidence shows that passion for inventing is significantly linked to creativity, coinciding with previous results (Cardon et al, 2013;Luh & Lu, 2012). However, these results cannot be considered definite, since previous research has found that negative affect also influences creativity (Bledow et al, 2013;Yang & Hung, 2015).…”

“…Empirically, Liu, Chen and Yao (2011) find that passion mediates the effects of organizational autonomy support and individual autonomy orientation on employee work creativity. In the same perspective, Luh and Lu's (2012) work shows that harmonious passion is positively related to creative achievement. Cardon, Wincent, Singh and Drnovsek (2009) suggest that passion, and specifically passion for inventing, influences creative problem solving in such a way that people follow novel and creative courses of action.…”

Passion and Creativity – Together or Separately?

“…Creativity. Theories -Research -Applications 5(1) 2018 Liu, Chen & Yao, 2011;Luh & Lu, 2012;Shi, 2012;St-Louis & Vallerand, 2015). The effect of passion on the creative process alters depending on the accepted definition of passion and its type.…”

“…Research using The Passion Scale for design and self report of creativity achievement showed that HP is correlated with creativity (Luh & Lu, 2012). The aim of the research was to establish a correlation between passion and cognitive style together with creative achievements in design.…”