Conservatism negatively predicts creativity: a study across 28 countries

• Main Authors: Groyecka-Bernard, Agata, Sorokowski, Piotr, Karwowski, Maciej, Roberts, S. Craig, Aavik, Toivo, Akello, Grace, Alm, Charlotte, Amjad, Naumana, Asao, Kelly, Atama, Chiemezie S., Atamtürk Duyar, Derya, Ayebare, Richard, Batres, Carlota, Bensafia, Aicha, Bertoni, Anna, Bizumic, Boris, Boussena, Mahmoud, Buss, David M., Butovskaya, Marina, Can, Seda, Carrier, Antonin, Cetinkaya, Hakan, Conroy-Beam, Daniel, Varella, Marco Antonio Correa, Croy, Ilona, Cueto, Rosa María, Czerwonka, Marta, Czub, Marcin, Donato, Silvia, Dronova, Daria, Dural, Seda, Duyar, Izzet, Ertugrul, Berna, Espinosa, Agustín, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Frackowiak, Tomasz, Gajda, Aleksandra, Galewska-Kustra, Marta, Contreras Graduño, Jorge, Guemaz, Farida, Hromatko, Ivana, Hui, Chin-Ming, Herak, Iskra, Iafrate, Raffaella, Jaafar, Jas Laile, Jankowska, Dorota M., Jiang, Feng, Kafetsios, Konstantinos, Kavčič, Tina, Kervyn, Nicolas O., Köbis, Nils C., Lebuda, Izabela, Lennard, Georgina R., León, Ernesto, Lindholm, Torun, Madallh Alhabahba, Mohammad, Manesi, Zoi, McKerchar, Sarah L., Misra, Girishwar, Monaghan, Conal, Mora, Emanuel C., Moya-Garófano, Alba, Musil, Bojan, Natividade, Jean Carlos, Nizharadze, George, Oberzaucher, Elisabeth, Oleszkiewicz, Anna, Omar Fauzee, Mohd Sofian, Onyishi, Ike E., Özener, Baris, Pazhoohi, Farid, Perun, Mariia, Pisanski, Annette, Pisanski, Katarzyna, Ponciano, Edna Lúcia Tinoco, Popa, Camelia, Prokop, Pavol, Rizwan, Muhammad, Salkičević, Svjetlana, Schmehl, Susanne, Senyk, Oksana, Sharad, Shivantika, Simonetti, Franco, Tadinac, Meri, Ugalde González, Karina, Uhryn, Olha, Vauclair, Christin-Melanie, Vega, Diego, Weremczuk-Marczyńska, Ewa, Ajeng Widarini, Dwi, Yoo, Gyesook, Zupančič, Maja, Anjum, Afifa, Shahid, Anam, Sorokowska, Agnieszka
• Format: Article
• Published: SAGE Publications 2024
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112850/; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00220221241238321
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Previous studies have found a negative relationship between creativity and conservatism. However, as these studies were mostly conducted on samples of homogeneous nationality, the generalizability of the effect across different cultures is unknown. We addressed this gap by conducting a study in 28 c...