20.500.12556/RUL-181227 Disentangling the relationship between mindfulness and creativity the role of conceptual and experimental creative methods Prior research has indicated that mindfulness has the potential to enhance individuals' functioning in many ways. However, explorations of its relationship with creativity have elicited contrasting results that remain unresolved, and the underlying processes of this relationship remain unclear. In the present research, we examine whether and how conceptual and experimental creative problem-solving methods function as mechanisms linking mindfulness and creativity. We test our theoretical model in three studies: two survey-based studies (the first with online crowd-workers, the second with employees from Italian and Croatian small- and medium-sized enterprises) and an experiment conducted at a Slovenian university. The results indicate that conceptual creative methods mediate the positive relationship between mindfulness and creativity, such that higher mindfulness leads to greater use of conceptual methods, which in turn enhances creativity. Experimental creative methods do not mediate this relationship, indicating that mindfulness does not enhance creativity through increased use of experimental methods. We discuss the implications of these findings for theory and practice. entrepreneurship creativity innovations conceptual creative methods experimental creative methods mindfulness podjetništvo ustvarjalnost čuječnost inovacije true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-03-27 13:33:14 2026-03-27 13:37:58 2026-03-31 03:58:55 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 [in press] 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova VTisku NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 005.336.1 0963-1690 10.1111/caim.70056 271751171 Creat_Innov_Manage_-_2026_-_Bunjak_-_Disentangling_the_Relationship_Between_Mindfulness_and_Creativity__The_Role_of.pdf Creat_Innov_Manage_-_2026_-_Bunjak_-_Disentangling_the_Relationship_Between_Mindfulness_and_Creativity__The_Role_of.pdf 1 2C48033AC74A4628F40367860F8DD956 a4648cd2418c31400287fe0e3afc356b115790f47002d17cde3bc7cfa1d4697a 9655f022-29d9-11f1-b0ab-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=231467 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/caim.70056 0 8e2adb63-29d9-11f1-b0ab-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=231466 Ekonomska fakulteta 0 0 0