Vacation from work: A ‘ticket to creativity’?: The effects of recreational travel on cognitive flexibility and originality |
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| Institution: | 1. Radboud University Nijmegen, Behavioural Science Institute, P.O. Box 9104, 6500 HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands;2. Work Research Center, School of Social Sciences, FI-33014 University of Tampere, Finland;3. Ulm University, Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, Albert-Einstein-Allee 41, 89069 Ulm, Germany;1. Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Australia;2. University of Queensland, Brisbane Australia;1. Department of Hotel and Tourism Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Eilat Campus, P.O.Box 653, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel;2. Ayn Rand Center Israel, P.O.Box 371, Ramat HaSharon 4710301, Israel;1. President & Professor, Department of Food and Beverage Management, JinWen University of Science and Technology, Taiwan;2. Associate Professor, Department of Hospitality Management, MingDao University, Taiwan;3. Assistant Professor, Department of Food and Beverage Management, Yuanpei University of Medical Technology, Taiwan;4. Assistant Professor, Department of Leisure and Recreation Administration, Ming Chuan University, Taiwan;5. Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Food and Beverage Management, JinWen University of Science and Technology, Taiwan |
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| Abstract: | Recreational travel may increase creativity by relieving workers from stress, providing diversifying experiences and increasing positive emotions. Consequently, vacations may boost creativity, apparent in a greater variety (flexibility) and originality of ideas after work resumption.In our longitudinal field study, creativity (measured by Guilford's Alternative Uses Task; independently scored by three raters) was assessed in 46 workers before and after vacation. Potential precursors for creativity changes (i.e. work load, vacation hassles, vacation destination and positive affect) were also explored.Cognitive flexibility increased whereas originality remained the same after vacation. None of the precursors explained variance in creativity changes.Although vacations seem to increase chances on creative insights by raising the amount of available cognitive elements (flexibility), they do not necessarily lead to higher levels of originality (uncommon, remote and clever ideas). Research in larger samples is required to further explore mechanisms that may explain why travel seems to enhance creativity. |
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| Keywords: | Travel Vacation Holiday Creativity Flexibility Originality Innovation |
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