By KAREN CHO
From INSEAD Knowledge (http://knowledge.insead.edu)
People who live 한국 no.1 온라인카지노 are more creative, and the more time they spend away from home, the more creative they become. That's according to a recent study done by William Maddux, an assistant professor of organizational behavior at INSEAD.
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Maddux says it has to be at least a short stint 한국 no.1 온라인카지노, but also adds that the quality of the experience matters as much as amount of time spent overseas.
"Not only does time matter -- which can explain why living 한국 no.1 온라인카지노 matters and not traveling 한국 no.1 온라인카지노 -- it's also the psychological transformation that you might go through while you're 한국 no.1 온라인카지노."
For instance, your creative levels can spike if you fully immerse yourself in local experiences, in particular, languages.
"There's a very strong, robust association between foreign language apt한국 no.1 온라인카지노ude and creativ한국 no.1 온라인카지노y," says Maddux. "So bilingual and trilingual people are more creative in general. And I think that the language is part of the adaptation."
"So you can imagine a person who goes to live 한국 no.1 온라인카지노 for a year, but hangs out mostly with expatriates, maybe from their own country -- that person is not going to derive the same kind of creative benefit as those who try to adapt themselves to a new culture, learn the language, learn the customs and get really involved in changing who they are and how they behave."
Age matters too because, according to Maddux, younger people have greater capac한국 no.1 온라인카지노y to learn languages. "If you're getting those cultural experiences at a young age, 한국 no.1 온라인카지노's going to have a stronger effect on subsequent creativ한국 no.1 온라인카지노y."
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"So if you recall and write about having lived 한국 no.1 온라인카지노, people who do this show more subsequent creativity within the next five or 10 minutes, compared to people who recall other experiences -- for example going to the supermarket, being in their hometown. ... When we reactivate the experiences, it does seem to cause increased creativity."
Yet another positive correlation exists between entrepreneurship and creativity. "We're finding the same correlation between time 한국 no.1 온라인카지노 and entrepreneurial activity. ... Entrepreneurs tend to have the experience of having been 한국 no.1 온라인카지노 as well."
Clearly, where creativity is concerned, the benefits of living 한국 no.1 온라인카지노 far outweigh those of staying put.
Maddux's advice to companies interested in promoting creativity is to look for people who have had these enriching experiences 한국 no.1 온라인카지노. Conversely, they should also not skimp on offering international assignments, as these seem to be key for developing significant mental processes.
And while 한국 no.1 온라인카지노, he emphasizes that adaptability is key.
"한국 no.1 온라인카지노's not just enough to spend 18 hours in the office and then go home and sleep," he says. "If you want to get these kinds of (tangible) benef한국 no.1 온라인카지노s from the international experience, 한국 no.1 온라인카지노 will help to get out into the culture and try to adapt yourself while you're on these international assignments."
While Maddux agrees that living 한국 no.1 온라인카지노 is "not the be all and end all of facilitating creativity," it is, and will continue to be a major driver.