Gender Differences in Creativity

By John Baer, James C. Kaufman. 2008

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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Creative Thinking Ability: Domain Generality and Specificity (2010, result): “Studies on gender differences in creative thinking are even more inconsistent than those of ethnic differences (Baer & Kaufman, 2008 ).”
I get by with a little help from my supervisor: Creative-idea generation, idea implementation, and perceived supervisor support (2014, background): “…but does so differently across various domains, cf. Jones & Weinberg, 2011) and gender (studies have pointed toward large differences in the creative achievement of men and women in many fields, cf. Baer & Kaufman, 2008), as well as for employee education (cf. Fasko, 2001) and work experience.”
The creative self: Effect of beliefs, self-efficacy, mindset, and identity. (2017, background): “, & van Knippenberg, D. (2009). A social identity perspective on leadership and employee creativity. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 30, 963–982. Hoare, C. H. (2002). Erikson on development in adulthood: New insights from the unpublished papers.”
Leadership, creativity and innovation: a meta-analytic review (2020, background): “There are many potential reasons for this effect (see Abraham, 2016; Baer & Kaufman, 2008) but the most promising explanations seem to revolve around what has been entitled a “male hubris-female humility” bias (Furnham, Fong, & Martin, 1999).”
Personality and creativity in realistic, investigative, artistic, social, and enterprising college majors (2013, unknown): “Given established (if minor) gender differences in creativity (Baer & Kaufman, 2008) and personality (Costa, Terracciano, & McCrae, 2001) and the inconsistent gender breakdown by major, we controlled for gender.”
Knowledge workers' creativity and the role of the physical work environment (2011, background): “Baer and Kaufman (2008) state that: “it is unlikely that a meta-analysis would show a significant overall gender difference on these”
Individual ambidexterity: the duality of exploration and exploitation and its relationship with innovative performance (2017, methodology): “These socio-demographic variables have been shown to be related to creativity and innovation (e.g., Baer & Kaufman, 2008; Rietzschel, Zacher, & Stroebe, 2016), and are thus often used as control variables in (diary) studies on these topics (e.g., Binnewies & Wörnlein, 2011; Shalley, Gilson, & Blum,…”
Furious activity vs. understanding: How much expertise is needed to evaluate creative work? (2013, background): “Given that some gender differences in creativity do exist (Baer & Kaufman, 2008), future studies should aim for more equal numbers when possible.”
Voice, creativity, and big five personality traits: A meta-analysis (2018, result): “Third, although claims have suggested there is “relative equality” in creativity among men and women (Kaufman, 2006), the results of research studies have been inconsistent.”
Beyond Individual Creativity (2012, background): “…of individual difference factors previously shown to be associated with creativity, including things such as intrinsic motivation, risk taking, promotion focus, and the Big Five (e.g., Amabile, 1996; Baer & Kaufman, 2008; Dewett, 2007; Feist, 1998; Lam & Chiu, 2002; Maddux & Galinsky, 2009).”