Western European and East Asian cultures show marked differences in aesthetic appreciation of the visual arts. East Asian aesthetics are often associated with a holistic focus on balance and harmony, in contrast to Western aesthetics, which often focus on the expression of the individual. In this study, we examined whether cultural differences also exist in relation to the aesthetics of dance. Japanese and British participants completed an online survey in which they evaluated synchronous and asynchronous dance video clips on eight semantic differential scales. We observed that the aesthetics of group dance depend on cultural background. Specifically, British participants preferred asynchronous over synchronous dance whereas Japanese participants equally liked synchronous and asynchronous dance movement. For both cultures, preferences were based on distinct semantic associations with movement synchrony. We argue that cultural differences in aesthetic perception of group dance relate to the culturally specific social signals conveyed by unison movement.

The purpose of this study is to understand employees’ attributions of human resource management (HRM) practices and how these attributions confluence with employees’ creativity. We propose the concept of human resource attribution (HR attribution) as a construct that can aid in understanding employees' creativity. This research studies how human resource (HR) attributions play a part in the creativity of employees in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Colombia's Atlántico Region. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 SME employees. Our results were analyzed with reflexive thematic analysis. Generated themes enclosed individual factors (the HR attribution participants made, and the employees’ level of organizational commitment) and organizational factors (managerial practices). The results indicate that a key construct of employees’ creativity is their interpretation of why HRM practices are implemented. This suggests that the actual HRM practices are not always the elements that matter for employees’ creativity in all contexts. Furthermore, other individual and social constructs were found to be relevant to Colombian employees’ creativity. Future studies should quantitatively test the impact of HR attributions on SME employees’ creativity.

The aim of this study was to determine whether the social categorization of poverty during childhood is based on essentialist beliefs. The study included 121 children, aged 5 to 7, from different socioeconomic backgrounds living in the city of Barranquilla, Colombia. The children stated that the nature of this social category is based on situations external to the individuals rather than essentialist reasons. No significant differences were found as regards age, gender or socioeconomic status (SES), except in the capacity of the respondents to self-categorize their social status. Children who find fewer differences between members and non-members of a given category tend to err in their self-categorization, which is important for the prevention of social exclusion

Esta revisión bibliográfica explora los aportes de la investigación cualitativa al estudio de la creatividad en las organizaciones y el trabajo. La metodología cualitativa permite la comprensión profunda del proceso creativo en un contexto sociocultural específico, en términos de significados y experiencias. Por esta razón, es esencial desarrollar este tipo de revisión, según la naturaleza social del proceso creativo y de los constructos sociales que caracterizan la dinámica de las organizaciones y del trabajo. Este artículo sintetiza los principales hallazgos que han surgido de estudios cualitativos sobre la creatividad en el campo de las organizaciones y del trabajo, y reflexiona sobre las implicaciones de tales desarrollos, que recuerdan los estudios que dieron voz a los individuos y grupos que vivencian el proceso creativo de primera mano. En este sentido, el propósito de la presente revisión bibliográfica fue analizar los hallazgos cualitativos para contribuir a la comprensión del proceso creativo en contextos organizacionales. Específicamente, la presente investigación está comprendida por la revisión de 25 artículos científicos consultados en bases de datos bibliográficas, buscados en español e inglés con términos tales como creatividad, psicología e investigación cualitativa. Al reflexionar sobre los planteamientos analizados como un todo y considerar globalmente los aspectos comunes de los hallazgos de investigaciones cualitativas sobre la creatividad en las organizaciones y en el trabajo, se puede reafirmar el gran peso social y cultural que tiene el proceso creativo, en especial, las interacciones del trabajo en equipo, que mantienen un equilibrio entre la persona y los demás, en los que prima, más que el “yo creo” o “ellos crean”, el “nosotros creamos”.

Introduction: This research uses the production method to study aesthetic preference for sequences of human body postures. In two experiments, participants produced image sequences based on their aesthetic preferences, while we measured the visual aesthetic features displayed in the compositions.Methods: In Experiment 1, participants created static image sequences based on their preferences. In Experiment 2, participants sorted images into apparent motion sequences they preferred to view.Results: In Experiment 1, good continuation of successive bodies and body-like objects was the preferred order. In Experiment 2, participants preferred abstract images with local sequential symmetry and human body postures exhibiting global sequential symmetry.Discussion: Our findings are compared to those of previous studies that employed the more widely used method of choice. Our experiments propose novel methods and conceptualizations for investigating aesthetic preferences for human body movement and other types of stimulus sequences.

This qualitative research addresses the psychological study of the confluence between aesthetic experience and creative process in cultural entrepreneurs, taking into account that research in Psychology of Aesthetics and Psychology of Creativity is necessary to achieve a better understanding of innovation in creative industries. We conducted a qualitative study on the role of aesthetic experience in the creative process, through in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 12 expert cultural entrepreneurs from the Colombian Caribbean. As a result of a thematic analysis, we found that aesthetic experience is a relevant guide in the creativity of cultural entrepreneurs, usually represented in receptivity to aesthetic sensations that emerge during the creative process. Also, in the midst of the creative process, the entrepreneurs try to maintain a balance between individual and collective needs.