期刊
JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
卷 102, 期 3, 页码 445-459出版社
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/a0026406
关键词
creativity; ethics; morality; moral flexibility; unethical behavior
资金
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie
- Division Of Behavioral and Cognitive Sci [1134890] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Creativity 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 (Experiments 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.
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