Entrepreneurship has beeome a subjeet of research interest as scholars strive to learn what
characteristics, cognitive styles, and behaviors identify a potentially sueeessful business
initiator, how entrepreneurs survive the early years of a risky venture startup, and finally how …

Considerable work has now been generated on the testing of the Kirton Adaption-Innovation
Inventory (KAI), much of which has the effect of relating this measure to other personality
measures. The Cattell Sixteen Personality Factor Inventory (16PF) is one of the major …

A cross-validation study of the Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory (KAI) was conducted
with 256 professional employees from three applied research and development
organizations. The KAI was found to correlate well with direct measures of in novativeness …

Data on 2,375 subjects collected in 15 independent studies were cross-tabulated with
reference to different occupational types and varying degrees of self-selection to courses.
The results confirm the 1980 findings of Kirton and of Thomson that mean scores on the …

A reading of the manual for the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator left it unclear whether it
measures, inter alia, level or style of creativity, whereas the Kirton Adaption-Innovation
Inventory specifically purports to measure style but not level. Comparison of both manuals …

This article demonstrates how Sörbom's (1974) mean and covariance structure analysis
(MACS) model can be used to detect uniform and non-uniform differential item functioning
(DIF) on polytomous ordered response items that are assumed to approximate a continuous …

The factor structure of the Kirton (1976) Adaption–Innovation inventory was examined by
use of confirmatory factor analysis. A three‐factor structure was found, characterized by
distinct, yet positively associated, facets, thereby challenging the oft‐assumed …

… SUMMARY Studied were hypothesized relationships between the Kirton Adaption- Innovation
Inventory and scales measuring dogmatism, sensation seeking, risk taking, and innovation …
GRYSKIEWICZ, SS The Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory in Creative Leadership …

Abstract Although the Kirton Adaption‐Innovation Inventory (KAI) has almost always been
used as a single scale purporting to measure a dimension of cognitive style, the KAI Manual
characterizes three factors. This paper provides further confirmatory evidence of the …

Adaption-Innovation is a timely and comprehensive text written for anyone who wants to
know more about dealing with problem solving, thinking style, creativity and team dynamics.
In an age when teams have become critical to successful problem solving, Adaption …