Personal factors of creativity: A second order meta-analysis

Abstract

a b s t r a c tThis article integrates seven meta-analyses of individual factors associated with creativity and innovation and reports effects based on one (r) or two or more (r) meta-analyses. Emotional intelligence (r = .31), divergent thinking (r = .27), openness to experience (r = .22), creative personality (r = .21), intrinsic motivation (r = .20), positive affect (r = .19), and androgyny (r = .19) are related to creativity. Age (r = .17), intelligence (r = .17), extraversion (r = .13), self-efficacy (r = .13), and extrinsic motivation (r = .11) were also moderately associated with innovation. Pro-risk attitudes (r = .08) and being female (r = .07) were weakly associated with creativity. Results are discussed, explanatory processes described, and practical implications for organizations examined. © 2015 Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Factores personales y personalidad: metaanálisis de segundo ordenPalabras clave: Creatividad Innovación Género Motivación Personalidad creativa r e s u m e n Este artículo integra siete meta-análisis sobre factores individuales asociados a la creatividad e innovación y estima el efecto en base a uno (r) o varios (r) de ellos. Entre los rasgos que se asocian positivamente a la creatividad se encuentran la inteligencia emocional (r = .31), el pensamiento divergente (r = .27), la apertura a la experiencia (r = .22), la personalidad creativa (r = .21), la motivación intrínseca (r = .20), la afectividad positiva (r = .19) y la androginia (r = .19). La edad (r = .17), la inteligencia (r = .17), la extraversión (r = .13), la auto-eficacia (r = .13) y la motivación extrínseca (r = .11) se asociaron con menor fuerza a la innovación. Una actitud favorable al riesgo (r = .08) y ser mujer (r = .07) se han asociado débilmente a la creatividad. Se discuten los resultados y posibles procesos explicativos y las implicaciones prácticas para el ámbito organizacional.

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