Even though it is increasingly clear that the work environment can facilitate or inhibit
creative behavior in organizations there is a lack of research investigating how individual
differences influence this relationship. Christian Hoßbach contributes with his exploratory
multi-method study to filling this gap in research by examining the impact that styles of
problem-solving gender and other sources of individual differences exert on the perception of
organizational climates for creativity. He shows that problem-solving style and gender
influence how people perceive the work environment in which they feel most and least creative.
