Fostering Creativity and Communicative Soft Skills through Leisure Activities in Management Studies

Autor/inn/en	Mareque, Mercedes; de Prada Creo, Elena; Gonzalez-Sanchez, Maria Beatriz
Titel	Fostering Creativity and Communicative Soft Skills through Leisure Activities in Management Studies
Quelle	In: Education & Training, 61 (2019) 1, S.94-107 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0040-0912
DOI	10.1108/ET-07-2018-0149
Schlagwörter	Creative Thinking; Leisure Time; Correlation; Student Attitudes; Creativity; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Business Administration Education; Tourism; Interpersonal Competence; Teaching Methods; Labor Market; College Students; Communication Skills; Writing Skills; Employment Potential; Visual Arts; Recreational Reading; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kreatives Denken; Freizeit; Korrelation; Schülerverhalten; Kreativität; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Tourismus; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Collegestudent; Kommunikationsstil; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Optische Gestaltung; Häusliche Lektüre; Spanien
Abstract	Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to gain insight into the way leisure activities and soft skills relate to creativity in higher education. It determines which activities have a positive impact on the student body's overall education. Previous research evidences the relationship between specific leisure activities and creativity performance in several scenarios. Our work applies a broad range of these leisure activities to find results within our own specific student population. Design/methodology/approach: The methodology is based on a survey of 303 Spanish students in Business Administration and Tourism. The study uses two instruments to measure the creativity of students, the Runco Ideational Behavior Scale (RIBS) and a three-dimensional construct that measures divergent thinking (originality, fluency and flexibility). Findings: The results reveal that the average for creativity is higher for those students participating in some of the activities proposed. A positive correlation was also observed between the number of leisure activities and the creativity measures analysed. This confirms that students participating in more leisure activities display higher levels of creativity. Finally, the results display that the vast majority of students are involved in some type of activity, but two of the interpersonal skills that companies appreciate the most (reading and writing) are performed by very few students. This is especially the case of writing. Originality/value: This study contributes to the pedagogical strategies that can be used in universities to motivate practising leisure activities as a mean of fostering creativity. It is important to note that the involvement of students in leisure activities can benefit from their integration into the labour market. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01