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Arts Graduates and the Portability of Creative Identity

Bibliographic Data

ID3757156
AuthorsDanielle J Lindemann (0000-0003-4922-055X, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA, corresponding author), Steven J Tepper (Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA), Heather Laine Talley (Tzedek Social Justice Fellowship, Asheville, NC, USA)
Year2017
Volume61
Issue12
Pages1555-1578
Publication date2017-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764217734276
OpenAlexW2761835637
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited60

Drawing on data from the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project ( N = 13,581) and the Teagle Study of double majors ( N = 1,736), we examine how arts alumni and students view their creative skills as transferable across contexts. Based on these preliminary analyses, we find that people with similar training interpret the relationship between their creativity and their work differently. We postulate that variations in creative identity may be one compelling explanation for these differences, which are not attributable solely to job type or to workplace context. Our results suggest, furthermore, that creative identity has both "portable" and "salient" dimensions. We conclude by discussing the implications of our findings for future research on the identity dimensions of creativity

Aesthetics · Art · Context (archaeology) · Craft · Creative industries · Creativity · Identity (music) · Political science · Salient · Sociology · Software portability · The arts · Visual arts · Computer Science · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sport Psychology and Performance