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Organizational creativity is the application of creative thinking as a whole in all units and processes of institutions. Organizational creativity is very important for enterprises to create a long-term competitive advantage. In this study, it is aimed to determine the effects of personal characteristics of employees on organizational creativity. In this respect, the sample of the study consists of 392 participants working in a service enterprise. Personality characteristics; It consists of five dimensions: neuroticism, extroversion, openness to development, compatibility and self-discipline. While demographic variables and personality traits were independent variables, organizational creativity was dependent variable. In the research, firstly the literature was searched and then these dimensions were related to organizational creativity variable and demographic variables by using SPSS package program. In the last part, the results of the research were evaluated and the results of the personality traits of the participants and the effects of these personality traits on organizational creativity were obtained. According to these results, organizational creativity, respectively; Responsibility, extroversion, compatibility and openness to experience influence personality trait. In addition, it has been concluded that gender, marital status, working style, age, education and working time have significant effects on personality traits and organizational creativity.

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