This study examines how cognitive personality traits and organizational context interact to
predict creativity at work. Drawing on a trait interaction model, we propose novel idea
generation as resulting from the interaction between openness to experience and need for
cognition, because the first facilitates expressive intellect, while the second leads to
controlled intellect. Furthermore, we propose novel idea implementation as a joint function
between openness to experience, need for cognition and organizational fairness. This three …