Big C, little c, big M, little m.
Comments on the article Multicultural experience enhances creativity: The when and how by A. K. Leung et al which discusses how many practices aimed at cultivating multicultural competence in educational and organizational settings (e.g., exchange programs, diversity education in college, diversity management at work) assume that multicultural experience fosters creativity. In line with this assumption, the research reported in this article is the first to empirically demonstrate that exposure to multiple cultures in and of itself can enhance creativity. The current author, Grant J. Rich, feels that despite the reviews of a number of recent studies that seem to justify at least to some degree the value of such programs for enhancing creativity, Leung et al left a number of vital questions unanswered or unasked. Leung et al seemed to focus the majority of their attention on little c creativity and Big M multicultural experience. Rich hopes that their continued endeavors focus on the relationships between other forms of creativity and other forms of multicultural experience as well.
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