The effect of income inequality on individual ideation-based creativity via self-regulation
| dc.contributor.author | Morris, Kevin | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Zhu, Luke (Business Administration) Hudson, Ian (Economics) Mishra, Sandeep (Business Administration, University of Regina) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Bapuji, Hari (Business Administration) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-09-12T20:37:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-09-12T20:37:09Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.degree.discipline | Management | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Science (M.Sc.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this research is to examine the impact of income inequality on individual creativity. Specifically, it is hypothesized that an individual’s creative performance (via a remote associatives test) is affected negatively in a high income inequality condition. Theoretical research suggests that the mechanism that enables this is self-regulation. As such self-regulation is measured as a mediator in this relationship. Two online-panel experiments were designed and conducted to test these relationships. The results did not show significant results for the mediation relationship. Self-regulation does have a positive relationship with creative performance, and income inequality shows a negative relationship with creativity in some conditions, however there is no relationship between income inequality and self-regulation. This research develops the theoretical background for the relationship between income inequality, self-regulation, and creativity. It also provides some lessons-learned from an experimental mediation design with an independent variable that has multiple categorical variables. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | October 2015 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/30778 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | Income Inequality, Creativity, Self-Regulation | en_US |
| dc.title | The effect of income inequality on individual ideation-based creativity via self-regulation | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |