This book examines the relationship between personality and the impact it has on creativity in individuals.

1. Introduction. The personal side of creativity: individual differences and the creative process Gregory J. Feist, Roni Reiter-Palmon and James C. Kaufman; Part I. Process and Structure of the Creative Personality: 2. Openness/intellect: the core of the creative personality Victoria C. Oleynick, Colin De Young, Elizabeth Hyde, Scott Barry Kaufman, Roger Beaty and Paul Silvia; 3. Sweet dreams are made of this: the role of openness in creativity and brain networks Rex Jung and Christine Meadows; 4. The curious dynamic between openness and interests in creativity Sang Eun Woo, Melissa Keith, Rong Su, Rachel Saef and Scott Parrigon; 5. Personality, behavioral thresholds and the creative scientist Gregory J. Feist; 6. Creative self-concept: a surface characteristic of creative personality Maciek Karwowski and Izabela Labuda; 7. Where do diversifying experiences fit in the study of personality, creativity, and career success? Rodica Damian; 8. Rethinking the mutlicultural experiences-creativity link: the interactive perspective on environmental variability and dispositional plasticity Jen-Ho Chang, Jenny C. Su and Hsueh-Chih Chen; 9. An integrative approach to the creative personality: beyond the Big Five paradigm Guillaume Fürst and Todd Lubart; Part II. Creativity and Personality: Emotion, Motivation and Psychopathology: 10. Creativity and personality: nuances of domain and mood Christa Taylor, Alexander S. McKay and James C. Kaufman; 11. Emotions and creativity: from states to traits and emotion abilities Zorana Ivcevic and Jessica Hoffmann; 12. Innovation motivation: a social learning model of originality Stephen Joy; 13. Creative genius and psychopathology: creativity as positive and negative personality Dean Keith Simonton; 14. Personality traits, personality disorders and creativity Adrian Furnham; Part III. Creativity and Personality: Measurement and Social Influences: 15. Creativity and the Big Five personality traits: is the relationship dependent on the creativity measure? Jason Hornberg and Roni Reiter-Palmon; 16. What are funny people like? Exploring the crossroads in humor ability and openness to experience Emily C. Nusbaum and Paul Silvia; 17. Much more than selfies: autophotography, individuality, and creativity Stephen J. Dollinger; 18. Can teams have a creative personality? Rob Litchfield, Lucy Gilson and Christina Shalley; 19. The entrepreneurial personality: individual differences and social capital in work-related innovation Reece Akhtar, Gokran Ahmetoglu and Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic; 20. Effects of creativity training programs on individual characteristics Denise Fleith; 21. Creativity and personality research: themes and future directions Patricia O'Rourke, James C. Kaufman, Gregory J. Feist and Roni Reiter-Palmon.