TY - JOUR

T1 - Compete or Cooperate in the Creative Industry?

T2 - A quasi-experimental study with Dutch creative and cultural entrepreneurs

AU - Loots, Ellen

AU - Cnossen, Boukje

AU - van Witteloostuijn, Arjen

PY - 2018

Y1 - 2018

N2 - This exploratory study examines the relationship between cultural and creative entrepreneurs’ self-perceived creative and entrepreneurial competencies and their competitive and cooperative behaviour. The authors developed tailor-made survey scales and conducted a Prisoner’s Dilemma experiment with 45 cultural and creative entrepreneurs in the Netherlands. They found that both self-perceived absolute and relative creativity were associated with cooperation, yet in the reverse directions – that is, one’s self-perceived creative competencies positively related to cooperation, while self-perceived creative skills relative to other people’s creativity negatively affected cooperative behaviour. The former may suggest a sense of self-confidence that leads to a propensity to seek collaboration, while the latter may indicate a sense of superiority that eradicates any need or inclination to cooperate; self-perceived entrepreneurial competencies do not matter.

AB - This exploratory study examines the relationship between cultural and creative entrepreneurs’ self-perceived creative and entrepreneurial competencies and their competitive and cooperative behaviour. The authors developed tailor-made survey scales and conducted a Prisoner’s Dilemma experiment with 45 cultural and creative entrepreneurs in the Netherlands. They found that both self-perceived absolute and relative creativity were associated with cooperation, yet in the reverse directions – that is, one’s self-perceived creative competencies positively related to cooperation, while self-perceived creative skills relative to other people’s creativity negatively affected cooperative behaviour. The former may suggest a sense of self-confidence that leads to a propensity to seek collaboration, while the latter may indicate a sense of superiority that eradicates any need or inclination to cooperate; self-perceived entrepreneurial competencies do not matter.

KW - Sociology

KW - cooperation

KW - competition

KW - creativity

KW - entrepreneurship

KW - PD game

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85052539787&partnerID=8YFLogxK

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 20

SP - 20

EP - 31

JO - International Journal of Arts Management

JF - International Journal of Arts Management

SN - 1480-8986

IS - 2

ER -