Creativity and Triguna Personality of Managers

Year
2013
Publication details

Journal of Organisation and Human Behaviour

Author
Kiran CTL,Tissy Thomas
Author's Credentials
Christ (Deemed to be University) - Department of Psychology
Management Discipline
Organisational Development
Source
Ancient Indian Scriptures
Issue

Triguna theory of personality based on Samkhya philosophy of yoga (Kisor, 2001) describes that balance of gunas for exhibiting creativity. Present study describes the triguna personality of 40 managers from different metropolitan cities of India and their nature of creativity. IAS rating scale, and Wallach and Kogan verbal creativity test were the two measurement tools that were surveyed through mail. Based on the descriptive analysis, the following four types of personalities were identified: Sattvic, Rajasic, Sattvic-Rajasic, and Sattvic-Tamasic personalities.