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Measures of curiosity: A literature review
Human Resource Development Quarterly
  • M. Fernanda Wagstaff, College of Business Administration
  • Gabriela L. Flores, Southwestern University
  • Rawia Ahmed, Zayed University
  • Sarah Villanueva, College of Business Administration
ORCID Identifiers

0000-0002-2240-7667

Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2020
Abstract

© 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC. We present an assessment of curiosity measures used in organizational and social psychology literature published since the start of this century. We focus on: (a) the validity and reliability of existing measures; (b) the main dimensions tapping the operationalization of the constructs; and (c) the use of each measure in organizational settings. We identify implications of the use of each of these measures for theory and practice in the field of human resource development. Our study concludes with an assessment of the contexts in which the available measures of curiosity may be used and potential challenges in the application of these measures to further the field of human resource development. We find that curiosity measures may be most useful in organizational contexts where learning occurs, including training, socialization, collaboration, research and development, selection, global management, innovation, creativity, and career change.

Publisher
Wiley
Disciplines
Keywords
  • curiosity as state,
  • curiosity as trait,
  • literature review,
  • measures of curiosity
Scopus ID
85097616964
Indexed in Scopus
Yes
Open Access
No
https://doi.org/10.1002/hrdq.21417
Citation Information
M. Fernanda Wagstaff, Gabriela L. Flores, Rawia Ahmed and Sarah Villanueva. "Measures of curiosity: A literature review" Human Resource Development Quarterly (2020) ISSN: <a href="https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/issn/1044-8004" target="_blank">1044-8004</a>
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rawia-ahmed/1/