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Get creative to get ahead? How personality contributes to creative performance and perceptions by supervisors at work
1Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau, Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macau.
Acta Psychologica
|January 14, 2023
Summary
Creative employees are often perceived as creative due to high Openness and Extraversion, but low Agreeableness. Actual job performance ratings for creativity are linked to high Openness, Extraversion, and Conscientiousness.
Area of Science:
- Organizational Psychology
- Personality Psychology
- Workplace Creativity Research
Background:
- Understanding the personality traits associated with workplace creativity is crucial for talent management.
- While Openness to Experience is a known predictor, other Big Five traits' roles require further investigation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify Big Five personality predictors of supervisory perceptions of creativity.
- To determine Big Five personality predictors of actual creative performance ratings.
- To explore the interplay of 'getting ahead' and 'getting along' motives in workplace creativity.
Main Methods:
- Survey research design utilizing a sample of 170 full-time professionals in the consulting industry.
- Assessment of Big Five personality traits (Openness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism).
- Collection of supervisory perceptions and performance ratings of employee creativity.
Main Results:
- Supervisors perceived employees higher in Openness and Extraversion, and lower in Agreeableness, as more creative.
- Supervisory ratings of creative job performance were positively associated with higher Openness, Extraversion, and Conscientiousness.
- Findings suggest that traits beyond Openness significantly influence both perceived and actual workplace creativity.
Conclusions:
- Workplace creativity is influenced by a combination of personality traits, not solely Openness to Experience.
- Understanding these trait-creativity links can inform hiring, development, and team-building strategies.
- The study contributes to personality and creativity research by highlighting the multifaceted nature of creative employees.
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