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Christensen, Bo T.; Hartmann, Peter V. W.; Rasmussen, Thomas Hedegaard – Creativity Research Journal, 2017
A large sample of leaders (N = 4257) was used to test the link between leader innovativeness and intelligence. The threshold theory of the link between creativity and intelligence assumes that below a certain IQ level (approximately IQ 120), there is some correlation between IQ and creative potential, but above this cutoff point, there is no…
Descriptors: Leaders, Leadership Effectiveness, Intelligence Quotient, Creativity
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Sligh, Allison C.; Conners, Frances A.; Roskos-Ewoldsen, Beverly – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2005
The threshold hypothesis regarding creativity and intelligence suggests that these two constructs are positively correlated except at the higher end of the IQ distribution, where they are unrelated. Much of the support for this hypothesis comes from comparisons of correlations within average and high-IQ groups. However, a common methodological…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Creativity, Intelligence Quotient, College Students