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A Journey Down the Path of Curiosity: Exploring the Crossroads of Motivation Leading to Innovation

机译:好奇之路之旅:探索导致创新的动力十字路口

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What separates curiosity in humans from lower animals is the human being's ability to seek additional information in order to "fill the well of knowledge" (Berlyne, 1954, p. 180). Empirical research studies, popular news articles, and biographies contend there is a deprivation of curiosity, motivation, and innovative ideas for students and adults. Schools are held responsible for adequately preparing students for a society that changes by the minute. The workplace lacks a stimulation of the mind resulting in ill-content, unengaged, and ultimately uninnovative adults. Curiosity and motivation are lacking in the workplace, but evident in innovators, therefore the purpose of this research is to describe the essence of the relationship between curiosity and motivation for innovators on the path to innovation. The research poses two foundational questions: What are the lived experiences for innovators on their path of curiosity and motivation to innovation?; What if any relationship exists between curiosity and motivation for innovators? This research used a phenomenological methodology which Creswell (2014) iterates "is an approach for exploring and understanding the meaning individuals or groups ascribe to a social or human problem" (p. 4). Utilizing a semi-structured interview with seven innovators who self-identified as curious, the researcher asked questions formulated against Berlyne's (1954) definition of curiosity, Deci and Ryan's (1985, 2000) framework for Self-determination Theory (SDT), and Dyer, Gregersen, and Christensen's (2011) framework for the Innovator's DNA. The innovators were chosen based on opportunistic or snowball sampling strategies to provide a rich sampling pool (Creswell, 2014).;The research results demonstrated that innovators exhibited curiosity and motivation throughout their life and were keenly aware of their identity. They engaged in relationships that fueled their curiosity and motivation, and were driven to solve problems, ultimately for a higher purpose. Through the lens of the four overarching themes: identity, problem-solving, relationships, and conditions, the similarities in the innovators' stories outweighed their differences. Findings suggest that a symbiotic relationship exists between curiosity and motivation. For practitioners, the key is cultivating the conditions to foster and enhance both curiosity and motivation, primarily through problem-solving and relationships, ultimately leading to innovation.
机译:将人类的好奇心与低等动物区分开来的是,人类寻求其他信息以“充实知识”的能力(Berlyne,1954,第180页)。实证研究,热门新闻文章和传记都认为,学生和成人缺乏好奇心,动力和创新观念。学校有责任为学生做好充分准备,以应对瞬息万变的社会。工作场所缺乏对头脑的刺激,导致不满,投入不足并最终没有创新能力的成年人。工作场所缺乏好奇心和动力,但在创新者中很明显,因此,本研究的目的是描述创新道路上创新者的好奇心和动力之间的关系。这项研究提出了两个基本问题:创新者在好奇心和创新动力上的生活经历是什么?如果好奇心与创新者的动力之间存在联系,该怎么办?这项研究使用了Creswell(2014)迭代的现象学方法,“这是一种探索和理解个人或群体归因于社会或人类问题的含义的方法”(第4页)。通过对七个自称为好奇的创新者的半结构化访谈,研究人员提出了一些问题,这些问题是根据Berlyne(1954)的好奇心定义,Deci和Ryan(1985,2000)的自决理论框架(SDT)和Dyer提出的,Gregersen和Christensen(2011)的创新者DNA框架。根据机会主义或滚雪球采样策略选择创新者,以提供丰富的采样池(Creswell,2014)。研究结果表明,创新者一生都表现出好奇心和动力,并敏锐地意识到自己的身份。他们之间的关系激发了他们的好奇心和动力,并被驱使解决问题,最终达到更高的目的。通过四个总体主题的视角:身份,解决问题,关系和条件,创新者故事中的相似之处超过了他们的差异。研究结果表明好奇心与动机之间存在共生关系。对于从业者来说,关键是要主要通过解决问题和建立关系来培养促进和增强好奇心和动力的条件,最终导致创新。

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  • 作者

    Newman, Ann M.;

  • 作者单位

    Cardinal Stritch University.;

  • 授予单位 Cardinal Stritch University.;
  • 学科 Cognitive psychology.;Behavioral psychology.;Entrepreneurship.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2018
  • 页码 180 p.
  • 总页数 180
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
  • 中图分类
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  • 入库时间 2022-08-17 11:53:04

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