Lots of Ideas for Little Love: Creativity and Interpersonal Liking

Creative employees are highly valued by executives as they promise to find new solutions to the challenges modern organizations face. But do their peers value them equally highly? We examined the relationship between creativity and peer ratings of interpersonal liking. Using longitudinal survey data of 182 MBA students, we find support for a negative relationship between creativity and being liked. The negative relationship is moderated by centrality in the communication network in that centrality strengthens the relationship.