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Development of an instrument to measure the characteristics of the creative manager

Development of an instrument to measure the characteristics of the creative manager
Development of an instrument to measure the characteristics of the creative manager
This research represents the third phase of a study to identify and measure the attributes of the ‘creative manager’. The first phase consisted of a literature review (Hender and Higgs 2003), and the second phase a series of interviews with practising managers (Higgs and Hender 2004). From these, a number of constructs were identified which were used as the basis for the development of a questionnaire. Eleven scales, plus that for the dependent variable, creativity, showed sufficient reliability. Nine of the eleven scales showed significant correlations with the creativity scale, indicating good construct validity. The questionnaire was also compared with existing personality instruments, the Sixteen Personality Factors (16PF) and the Five Factor Model (FFM). It appears that the type of creativity that is characteristic of a ‘creative manager’ cannot be represented by either Creative Disposition, Factor B or the Belbin Team Role ‘Plant’ derived from the 16PF, but one of the five factors of the Five Factor Model, ‘Openness to experience’, and the Belbin Team Role ‘Resource Investigator’ do seem to be features of the ‘creative manager’.
creativity, creative Manager, characteristics, attributes, reliability, personality
p.105
Higgs, M.
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Higgs, M. and Hender, J. (2006) Development of an instrument to measure the characteristics of the creative manager. European Academy of Management (EURAM 2006) Conference, Oslo, Norway. 16 - 19 May 2006. p.105 .

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Abstract

This research represents the third phase of a study to identify and measure the attributes of the ‘creative manager’. The first phase consisted of a literature review (Hender and Higgs 2003), and the second phase a series of interviews with practising managers (Higgs and Hender 2004). From these, a number of constructs were identified which were used as the basis for the development of a questionnaire. Eleven scales, plus that for the dependent variable, creativity, showed sufficient reliability. Nine of the eleven scales showed significant correlations with the creativity scale, indicating good construct validity. The questionnaire was also compared with existing personality instruments, the Sixteen Personality Factors (16PF) and the Five Factor Model (FFM). It appears that the type of creativity that is characteristic of a ‘creative manager’ cannot be represented by either Creative Disposition, Factor B or the Belbin Team Role ‘Plant’ derived from the 16PF, but one of the five factors of the Five Factor Model, ‘Openness to experience’, and the Belbin Team Role ‘Resource Investigator’ do seem to be features of the ‘creative manager’.

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Published date: May 2006
Venue - Dates: European Academy of Management (EURAM 2006) Conference, Oslo, Norway, 2006-05-16 - 2006-05-19
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Keywords: creativity, creative Manager, characteristics, attributes, reliability, personality

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Local EPrints ID: 58024
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/58024
PURE UUID: 28b9ac2a-d200-4118-9185-cfd8d7227a0f
ORCID for M. Higgs: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9032-0416

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Date deposited: 12 Aug 2008
Last modified: 22 Oct 2022 01:40

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Author: M. Higgs ORCID iD
Author: J. Hender

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