The moderating role of social media usage in the relationship among multicultural experiences, cultural intelligence, and individual creativity

DOI码：

10.1108/itp-04-2016-0099

发表刊物：

Information Technology & People

项目来源：

"71371177 71622009 71571169 71571177 1708085MG174 2016jyxm0129 SK2017A0082 2014-15Z012"

关键字：

Cross-cultural issues, Social media usage, Learning, Empirical study, Virtual world, Creativity management

摘要：

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the moderating role of social media usage in the relationship among multicultural experiences, cultural intelligence, and creativity. Design/methodology/approach – This study conducted a questionnaire survey in three public universities in China and obtained 310 useful responses from international students. Findings – The authors categorized social media usage into informational and socializing usage. Findings show that socializing social media usage strengthens the relationship between multicultural experiences and cultural intelligence, whereas informational social media usage does not strengthen such relationship. Research limitations/implications – The findings suggest that practitioners, such as managers or university administrators, should focus on well-designed multicultural activities in the development of individual creativity. They should also acknowledge the enabling role of cultural intelligence in developing individual creativity and realize that social media usage should be differentiated from the outcomes of its usage. Originality/value – This study contributes to the knowledge on the moderating role of social media usage in the relationship between multicultural experiences and creativity based on experiential learning theory. The study presents the relationship among multicultural experiences, cultural intelligence, and creativity. Moreover, by investigating the moderating roles of informational and socializing social media usage, the authors presented that an IT contingent view of multicultural experiences is helpful in understanding the relationship between multicultural experiences and cultural intelligence.

备注：

The work described in this paper was supported by the grants from “the National Natural Science Foundation of China” (NSFC: 71371177, 71622009, 71571169, and 71571177), Anhui Provincial Natural Science Fund (1708085MG174), Anhui Provincial Teaching Reforming Project (2016jyxm0129), Anhui Social Sciences Research Project (SK2017A0082) and China Association for International Education Project (2014-15Z012).

合写作者：

Hu, Shangui, Gu, Jibao, Liu, Hefu*, & Huang, Qian.

学科门类：

管理学

文献类型：

J

卷号：

30

期号：

2

页面范围：

265-281

ISSN号：

0959-3845

是否译文：

否

发表时间：

2017-01-01

发布期刊链接：

https://doi.org/10.1108/itp-04-2016-0099