Improv Comedy and Modern Marketing Education: Exploring Consequences for Divergent Thinking, Self-Efficacy, and Collaboration

Autor/in	Mourey, James A.
Titel	Improv Comedy and Modern Marketing Education: Exploring Consequences for Divergent Thinking, Self-Efficacy, and Collaboration
Quelle	In: Journal of Marketing Education, 42 (2020) 2, S.134-148 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0273-4753
DOI	10.1177/0273475318822087
Schlagwörter	Comedy; Marketing; Business Administration Education; Creative Thinking; Self Efficacy; Cooperation; Social Media; Undergraduate Students; Learning Activities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Komödie; Kreatives Denken; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Co-operation; Kooperation; Soziale Medien; Lernaktivität
Abstract	In an era of constant connectedness--from Twitter tweets to the 24-hour news cycle--the need for marketers to be nimble and responsive to the needs of consumers and ever-evolving markets is greater than ever before. Indeed, being able to be "in the moment" and to react instantaneously demands a different kind of training and education than the slower paced, carefully constructed, and casually timed marketing campaigns of yesterday. Improvisational comedy and its tenets--agreement ("Yes, and . . . "); be you (and know that you are enough); make bold, unexpected choices--require a comparable, in-the-moment mind-set that encourages group collaboration, positive self-efficacy, and the ability to generate creative ideas without hesitation. Two studies show that improvisational training has positive consequences for group collaboration, self-efficacy, and divergent thinking, skills essential for modern marketing roles. First, an exploratory study of the general population reveals preliminary links between improvisation familiarity and the aforementioned marketing skills, as well as between a brief improv manipulation and divergent thinking. Second, a follow-up study using actual students in a 10-week improvisation course confirms causal relationships between long-term improv training and group collaboration, self-efficacy, and divergent thinking. Effect sizes are large and endure even 4 months following the improv training. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01