Italian Journal of Health Education, Sports and Inclusive Didactics
From Workplace to Classroom: A Mixed Method Approach to Measuring Creativity and AI-Related Dispositions. The AICREA Scale and Qualitative Analysis on SME Managers
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This study investigates AI-related creativity through a mixed-method design integrating a psychometric scale with a qualitative inquiry on managers of small and medium enterprises. The quantitative strand presents baseline (PRE) findings from the AICREA scale, measuring Cognitive Risk Fear, Imagination, and Thought Complexity in 743 employees of a telecommunications company. Prior AI use emerges as the only significant predictor of baseline creativity, while sociodemographic variables show no significant association. The qualitative strand, based on interviews with eleven SME managers, identifies AI as an enabler rather than a substitute for organizational creativity, with continuous training as a key theme. The two strands converge in suggesting that creativity-related dispositions toward AI depend on organizational and educational conditions rather than stable individual traits, with implications for Digital Affective Literacy and teacher training.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.32043/gsd.v10i3.1820
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