Promoting or Hindering:The Relationship Between Person-Environment Fit and Doctoral Students' Academic Creativity
The concept of person-environment fit offers a novel perspective for understanding and optimizing the cultivation of academic creativity among doctoral students in China.An analysis of questionnaire data and interview materials from doctoral students revealed the following:Supplementary fit has a weak positive effect on self-assessed creative abilities and a negative effect on creative achievements,contradicting traditional assumptions of person-environment fit theory.This may reflect the unique context of doctoral training.Regarding demand-ability fit,the requirement for publishing papers positively influences creative achievements but does not affect self-assessed creativity,potentially exacerbating the"involution"in publication.The demands for innovative research methods and knowledge,as well as originality in dissertations,positively impact self-assessed creativity.Qualification exams and course task requirements lack a significant positive influence on academic creativity and are easily matched.In terms of supply-demand fit,financial support,research projects,and peer support positively affect academic creativity,yet the adequacy of financial support provision urgently needs improvement.