{"title":"Effect of Creative Self-Efficacy on Creativity among College Students: The Moderating Effect of College Innovation Climate","authors":"Yue-Hua Fang, Yuan-Cheng Chang","doi":"10.5430/ijhe.v12n5p128","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Creativity is one of the five core competencies in the twenty-first century, and increasing attention has been paid to creativity development among students worldwide. Higher education institutions play a vital role in fostering creativity among university students. The present study examines the effect of creative self-efficacy and the college innovation climate on creativity of university students through the lens of social cognitive theory. A total of 573 questionnaires were collected from students at five universities in Hebei, China; the resulting data were analyzed through hierarchical regression analysis. The results confirmed that creative self-efficacy has a significant effect and that college innovation climate has a significant positive effect on university students’ creativity. Furthermore, the study revealed the moderating effect of the college innovation climate on the relation between creative self-efficacy and creativity. These findings offer theoretical and practical insights for enhancing creativity among university students.","PeriodicalId":43112,"journal":{"name":"Learning and Teaching-The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8000,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Learning and Teaching-The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5430/ijhe.v12n5p128","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Creativity is one of the five core competencies in the twenty-first century, and increasing attention has been paid to creativity development among students worldwide. Higher education institutions play a vital role in fostering creativity among university students. The present study examines the effect of creative self-efficacy and the college innovation climate on creativity of university students through the lens of social cognitive theory. A total of 573 questionnaires were collected from students at five universities in Hebei, China; the resulting data were analyzed through hierarchical regression analysis. The results confirmed that creative self-efficacy has a significant effect and that college innovation climate has a significant positive effect on university students’ creativity. Furthermore, the study revealed the moderating effect of the college innovation climate on the relation between creative self-efficacy and creativity. These findings offer theoretical and practical insights for enhancing creativity among university students.