Overview

The Creative Response Evaluation - Work (CRE-W) assists organisations with selection, development, and building project teams by measuring different kinds of creative thinking in a business context.

Suitable for

Selection, development and coaching

Language Versions

UK English, US English, Dutch and Italian

Product Description

Creativity has been described as the most important economic resource of the 21st century. Research shows that creativity is one of the characteristics most needed to cope with today's complex business environment, and in response to this, companies are increasingly including a chief innovation officer (CIO) among their senior management.

The CRE-W supports organisations with selection and development by assessing the way candidates respond to situation-based, realistic work problems. It measures the test taker's ability to innovate, and how likely they are to use their creative initiative in the workplace.

Scoring

The CRE-W presents a series of 12 scenarios and possible responses representing dilemmas typically encountered at work. Each possible response is rated according to how likely the respondent would be to choose it.

On completion, three scores are calculated:

• The Creative Initiative score measures the overall likelihood of the respondent choosing a creative response when faced with a critical decision.
• The New creative thinking style score reflects the tendency to think of radically new ideas, pursue multiple opportunities and take risks.
• The Different creative thinking style score reflects the tendency to adapt and improve existing ideas, processes, products and services, while taking account of constraints.

The Creative Initiative score is designed for use in selection for positions where creativity is a job requirement. The New and Different creative thinking style scores may also be used in selection but are specifically applicable to developing project teams. Research shows that teams are most successful when they encompass different styles of creative thinking, and combining individuals with high New and Different creative thinking style scores is an effective way to achieve this. All three scores have applications in individual development and coaching.

Qualification level required:
Test User Occupational: Personality, or equivalent. Please see our Test User Qualifications page for guidance.

Online tests on HTS 5

Most of our online tests are available through the HTS 5 platform – click here for an overview. To access tests on HTS 5, you can choose between two options:

• Test with Hogrefe Administration Service (fixed price: cost of test + £40 admin fee + VAT) whereby Hogrefe manage the test administration process (set up link, download reports)
• Self-administration (tiered prices) – whereby you have your own HTS 5 account and manage the test administration process, allowing you access to discounted pricing based on the quantity of reports purchased.

To get set up with an HTS 5 account, contact us by email, by phone on +44 (0)1865 797920 or you can purchase the tests directly on our website. We will then set up your account.

Account set up procedure

Once we have received your order, we set up the online HTS 5 account for you, add your test licenses and send you your login details by email. This may take up to one working day.

Test administration process

Once you have received your account login details, you will be able to set up your questionnaires and send them via email to your test takers. Once they complete their test, the report is automatically formulated on the portal, and ready to be downloaded as a pdf.

With your login details, you will receive a user manual for the HTS 5 platform, as well as tutorials explaining the process. Your Hogrefe customer support team is also available to assist you with the process and with any queries you might have.

Norms

In 2018 data was collected matching the country census data for both the UK and US working populations. Final sample sizes were N = 855 from the UK and N = 825 from the US. The national census figures were used to match on gender, age, ethnicity, region and educational background.

Validity for personality

The validity of the final CRE-W scales was evaluated in association with the NEO-PI-3 personality questionnaire with a sample in the UK, in order to provide a clearer view of the construct linkages of the CRE-W scale scores to the personality constructs being measured.

Duration

The CRE-W takes 15-20 minutes to complete.