1. Basadur, M.S.,
Pringle, P.F. and Kirkland, D. (in press). Crossing cultures: Training
effects on the divergent thinking attitudes of Spanish speaking South
American managers. Creativity Research Journal.
Abstract
A field experiment made a preliminary investigation of the effects of
training Spanish-speaking South American managers in creative thinking
and problem solving. The Spanish translations of measures of two
attitudes associated with divergent thinking practice (an important
aspect of creative thinking and problem solving) were established. The
two attitudes were measured before and after training. The results
indicated that the paradigms and methods of similar training provided
in previous Japanese and North American research are applicable to
Spanish speaking South American managers. The experimental group
(n-149) showed significant gains on both measures versus a placebo
control group. Future directions for research include increasing the
reliability of the Spanish version of the tow attitudinal measures and
extending the training effect investigation beyond attitude changes to
include behavior changes and long term persistence and portability to
the job.
