Identification of Personality Traits Effective on Creativity and Innovation among the Staff of Sarkhon and Qeshm Gas Refinery Company

The present research aimed to identify psychological and personality traits related to creativity and innovation among the staff of Sarkhon and Qeshm Gas Refinery Company. This research was of the descriptive studies and it was carried out through correlation method. The statistical population of research included all the staff of Sarkhon and Qeshm Gas Refinery Company. The statistical sample consisted of 225 people. They were selected through proportional stratified random sampling technique. Abedi Creativity Questionnaires, NEO-FFI personality traits, and SCL-25 Mental Health Questionnaire were used to collect the information required for the research. The research data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The research results showed that as far as mental factors are concerned, there is a relationship between somatization, obsessive - compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, aggression, phobias, paranoid ideation and psychoses are related to creativity and innovation of the staff. Concerning personality traits, there is a relationship between neurosis, extraversion - introversion, conscientiousness, openness to experience, agreeableness and creativity and innovation.