The Dark Side of Creativity: Original Thinkers Can Be More Dishonest

dc.contributor.authorGino, Francesca
dc.contributor.authorAriely, Dan
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-16T07:01:54Z
dc.date.available2024-07-16T07:01:54Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description15pvi
dc.description.abstractCreativity is a common aspiration for individuals, organizations, and societies. Here, however, we test whether creativity increases dishonesty. We propose that a creative personality and a creative mindset promote individuals’ ability to justify their behavior, which, in turn, leads to unethical behavior. In 5 studies, we show that participants with creative personalities tended to cheat more than less creative individuals and that dispositional creativity is a better predictor of unethical behavior than intelligence (Experiment 1). In addition, we find that participants who were primed to think creatively were more likely to behave dishonestly than those in a control condition (Experiment 2) and that greater ability to justify their dishonest behavior explained the link between creativity and increased dishonesty (Exper- iments 3 and 4). Finally, we demonstrate that dispositional creativity moderates the influence of temporarily priming creativity on dishonest behavior (Experiment 5). The results provide evidence for an association between creativity and dishonesty, thus highlighting a dark side of creativity.vi
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/psp-102-3-445.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://thuvienso.hoasen.edu.vn/handle/123456789/15477
dc.language.isoenvi
dc.publisherJournal of Personality and Social Psychologyvi
dc.subjectcreativityvi
dc.subjectethicsvi
dc.subjectmoralityvi
dc.subjectmoral flexibilityvi
dc.subjectunethical behaviorvi
dc.titleThe Dark Side of Creativity: Original Thinkers Can Be More Dishonestvi
dc.typeArticlevi

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