Climate Research Articles

This section provides selected published research articles and chapters about climate and the Situational Outlook Questionnaire® (SOQ). Click on any of the articles below to download.

2009 TECHNICAL UPDATE - Situational Outlook Questionnaire®(A CRU Research Update by Isaksen, Aerts and Isaksen: that outlines the statistical reliability of version 6 of the SOQ.)

Results on the Initial Dutch Translation of the SOQ:(A CRU Research Update by Isaksen, De Schryver, Aerts and Isaksen: that outlines the statistical reliability of the Dutch translation of the SOQ and shares best practices for translation of the SOQ.)

Global Climate Survey - A Technical Report (A CRU Technical Report by Akkermans, Isaksen and Isaksen showing the importance of leadership on ogranizational climate and how these factors affect innovative productivity)

Adaptors and innovators: A discriminant analysis of the perceptions of the psychological climate for creativity. (An article by Isaksen and Kaufmann published in Studia Psychologica: The Journal for Basic Research in Psychological Sciences that explores the relationship between the KAI and the SOQ)

Situational Outlook Questionnaire®: A measure of the climate for creativity and change. (An article by Isaksen, Lauer, and Ekvall published in Psychological Reports describing the psychometric properties of the SOQ)

Relationship between cognitive style and individual psychological climate: Reflections on a previous study. (An article by Isaksen and Lauer published in Studia Psychologica: The Journal for Basic Research in Psychological Sciences that further explores the relationship between the KAI and the SOQ)

Perceptions of the best and worst climates for creativity: Preliminary validation evidence for the Situational Outlook Questionnaire®. (An article by Isaksen, Lauer, Ekvall, and Britz published in the Creativity Research Journal that provides some evidence of validity for the SOQ)

Convergent Validity of the Situational Outlook Questionnaire®: Discriminating levels of perceived support for creativity.> (An article by Isaksen and Lauer published in the North American Journal of Psychology that provides some additional evidence for the validity of the SOQ)

The climate for creativity and change in teams. (An article by Isaksen and Lauer published in the Creativity and Innovation Management Journal that illustrates the ability of the SOQ to discriminate between most and least creative team experiences)

The Climate for transformation: Lessons for leaders. (An article by Isaksen published in the Creativity and Innovation Management Journal that summarizes three cases where the SOQ was used to help transform the climate to improve business results)

The Situational Outlook Questionnaire®: Assessing context for change. (An article by Isaksen published in Psychological Reports that reports the psychometric properties of the SOQ)