2018-10-01
Compete or Cooperate in the Creative Industries?
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A quasi-experimental study with Dutch cultural and creative entrepreneurs
International Journal of Arts Management , Volume 20 - Issue 2 p. 20- 31
This exploratory study examines the relationship between cultural and creative entrepreneurs’ self-perceived creative and entrepreneurial competencies and their competitive and cooperative behaviour. The authors developed tailor-made survey scales and conducted a Prisoner’s Dilemma experiment with 45 cultural and creative entrepreneurs in the Netherlands. They found that both self-perceived absolute and relative creativity were associated with cooperation, yet in the reverse directions – that is, one’s self-perceived creative competencies positively related to cooperation, while self-perceived creative skills relative to other people’s creativity negatively affected cooperative behaviour. The former may suggest a sense of self-confidence that leads to a propensity to seek collaboration, while the latter may indicate a sense of superiority that eradicates any need or inclination to cooperate; self-perceived entrepreneurial competencies do not matter.
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Loots, E., Cnossen, B., & van Witteloostuijn, A. (2018). Compete or Cooperate in the Creative Industries?. International Journal of Arts Management, 20(2), 20–31. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1765/116736 |