Dr Mark Batey

Dr Mark Batey Creativity & Innovation Geek and Director of the MSD

Reader in Creativity & Innovation

My profile

Interests and expertise

I am a leading thinker & practitioner in creativity & innovation

As a researcher I have investigated creativity and innovation in individuals, teams, organisations, cities and cultures.  From individual cognitive processes to systems and practices for high-performing organisations

As a practitioner and consultant I have worked with organisations and governments all over the world.  From coaching  government ministers to helping companies to develop winning strategies, products and services. 

(if we meet… ask me about Gogglebox :)

I combine leading-edge academic insight and expertise, with international practitioner experience as a speaker, consultant, coach and facilitator. Delivering workshops, training and more.

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Teaching

Master of Sport Directorship (MSD)

Sport business is a multi-billion-pound, competitive global industry, and it’s growing. The demand has never been higher for professionals with a grounding in strategy, commercial acumen and lea…

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Research outputs

  1. Batey, M., Hughes, D. J., Mosley, A., Owens, C. E., & Furnham, A. (2022). Psychopathy and Openness-to-experience as predictors of malevolent and benevolent creativity. Personality and Individual Differences, 196.
  1. Batey, M., Hughes, D. J., Crick, L. & Toader, A. (2021) Designing creative spaces: an experimental examination of the effect of a nature poster on divergent thinking, Ergonomics, 64:1, 139-146
  1. Irwing, P., Booth, T. & Batey, M. (2014).  An investigation of the factor structure of the 16PF, version 5: A confirmatory factor and Invariance analysis, Journal of Individual Differences, 35, 38-46.
  1. Walker, A., Shipway, B. & Batey, M. (2013). Bridging the gap between academia and industry: Understanding creative and innovative climate. Brite, 1, 20-23.
  1. Booth, T., Murray, A.L., Marples, K., Batey, M. (2013). What role does neuroticism play in the association between negative job characteristics and anxiety and depression. Personality and Individual Differences, 55, 422-427.
  1. Hughes, D.J., Furnham, A., Batey, M. (2013). The structure and personality predictors of self-rated creativity, Thinking Skills and Creativity, 9, 76-84.
  1. Hughes, D. H., Rowe, M. Batey, M. & Lee, A. (2012).  A Tale of Two Sites: Twitter vs. Facebook and the Personality Predictors of Social Media Usage. Computers in Human Behavior, 28, 561-569.
  1. Batey, M. (2012). The Measurement of creativity:  From definitional consensus to the introduction of a new heuristic framework, Creativity Research Journal, 24, 55-65.
  1. Furnham, A., Cook, R., Martin, N., & Batey, M. (2011). Mental health literacy among university students. Journal of Public Mental Health, 10, 198-210.
  1. Batey, M., Booth, T., Furnham, A. F. & Lipman, H. (2011).  The relationship between personality and motivation:  Is there a General Factor of Motivation? Individual Differences Research, 9, 115-125.
  1. Furnham, A., Miller, T., Batey, M. & Johnson, S. J. (2011) Demographic and Individual Correlates of self-rated competency, Imagination, Cognition & Personality, 31, 247-265.
  1. Sánchez-Ruiz, M.J., Hernández-Torrano, D., Pérez-González, J.C., Batey, M., Petrides, K.V. (2011).  The relationship between trait emotional intelligence and creativity across subject domains.  Motivation and Emotion, 35, 461-473.
  1. Furnham, A. F., Batey, M., Booth, T., Patel, V. & Lozinskaya. (2011).  Individual difference predictors of creativity in art and science students, Thinking Skills and Creativity.
  1. Furnham, A.F, Batey, M. & Martin, N. (2011).  How would you like to be evaluated?  The correlates of students’ preferences for assessment methods.  Personality and Individual Differences, 50, p. 259-263.
  1. Batey, M., Furnham, A. F. & Safiullina, X. (2010). Intelligence, General Knowledge and Personality as Predictors of Creativity. Learning and Individual Differences, 20, p. 532-535.
  1. Batey, M., Chamorro-Premuzic, T. & Furnham, A. (2010).  Individual differences in ideational behavior: can the Big Five and psychometric intelligence predict creativity scores? Creativity Research Journal. 22, 90-97.
  1. Christopher, A.N., Furnham, A., Batey, M., Martin, G.N., Koenig, C.S. & Doty, K.   (2010). Protestant ethic endorsement, personality, and general intelligence. Learning and Individual Differences, 20, p. 46–50.
  1. Johnson, S. J., Batey, M. & Holdsworth, L. (2009). Personality and Health: The mediating role of Trait Emotional Intelligence and Work Locus of Control. Personality and Individual Differences, 47, p. 470-475.
  1. Batey, M. & Furnham, A. (2009). The relationship between creativity, schizotypy and intelligence. Individual Differences Research, 7, p.272-284.
  1. Batey, M., Chamorro-Premuzic, T. & Furnham, A. (2009). Intelligence and personality as predictors of divergent thinking: The role of general, fluid and crystallised intelligence.  Thinking Skills and Creativity, 4, p.60-69.
  1. Batey, M., Rawles, R. & Furnham, A. (2009). Divergent thinking and interview ratings. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 27, p.57-67.
  1. Furnham, A. F., Crump, J., Batey, M. & Chamorro-Premuzic, T. (2009). Personality and ability predictors of the consequences test of divergent thinking in a large non-student sample, Personality and Individual Differences, 46, p.536-540.
  1. Furnham, A., Batey, M., Anand, K. & Manfield, J. (2008). Personality, hypomania, intelligence and creativity. Personality and Individual Differences, 44, p.1060-1069.
  1. Batey, M. & Furnham, A. (2008). The relationship between measures of creativity and schizotypy.  Personality and Individual Differences, 45, p.816-821.
  1. Batey, M. & Furnham, A. (2006).  Creativity, intelligence and personality: A critical review of the scattered literature.  Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs, 132, p. 355-429.

  • Chapters in books

    Parnell, D., Caplehorn, R., Thelwell, K., Asghar, T., Batey, M. (2023) 'Working as a sporting director.' Science and Soccer: Developing Elite Performers. pp. 414-427.

    Batey, M., Furnham, A. (2023) 'The people make the place: Advancing a model for personality traits in workplace creativity.' Handbook of Organizational Creativity: Individual and Group Level Influences, Second Edition. pp. 161-178.

    Moonesar, I.A., Stephens, A., Batey, M., Hughes, D.J. (2019) 'Government Innovation and Creativity: A Case of Dubai.' Future Governments. Emerald Publishing Limited,

    Hughes, D.J., Batey, M. (2017) 'Using Personality Questionnaires for Selection.' The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of the Internet at Work. John Wiley & Sons,

    Batey, M., Hughes, D.J. (2017) 'Individual Difference Correlates of Self-Perceptions of Creativity.' The Creative Self Effect of Beliefs, Self-Efficacy, Mindset, and Identity. Academic Press,

  • Journal articles

    Wheatley, C., Batey, M., Denovan, A., Dagnall, N. (2023) 'Mental toughness in the Football Association Women's Super League: relationships with playing experience, perceptions of club infrastructure, support mechanisms and self-esteem.' PLoS One, 18(5)

    Batey, M., Hughes, D.J., Mosley, A., Owens, C.E., Furnham, A. (2022) 'Psychopathy and openness-to-experience as predictors of malevolent and benevolent creativity.' Personality and Individual Differences, 196pp. 111715-111715.

    Batey, M., Hughes, D., Crick, L., Toader, A. (2020) 'Designing creative spaces: An experimental examination of the effect of a nature poster on divergent thinking.' Ergonomics, 64(1) pp. 139-146.

    Irwing, P., Booth, T., Batey, M. (2014) 'An investigation of the factor structure of the 16PF, version 5.' Journal of Individual Differences, 35(1) pp. 38-46.

    Booth, T., Murray, A.L., Marples, K., Batey, M. (2013) 'What role does neuroticism play in the association between negative job characteristics and anxiety and depression?.' Personality and Individual Differences, 55(4) pp. 422-427.

    Hughes, D.J., Furnham, A., Batey, M. (2013) 'The structure and personality predictors of self-rated creativity.' Thinking Skills and Creativity, 9pp. 76-84.

    Hughes, D.J., Rowe, M., Batey, M., Lee, A. (2012) 'A tale of two sites: Twitter vs. Facebook and the personality predictors of social media usage.' Computers in Human Behavior, 28(2) pp. 561-569.

    Furnham, A., Miller, T., Batey, M., Johnson, S. (2012) 'Demographic and Individual Correlates of Self-Rated Competency.' Imagination, Cognition and Personality, 31(3) pp. 247-265.

    Batey, M. (2012) 'The Measurement of Creativity: From Definitional Consensus to the Introduction of a New Heuristic Framework.' Creativity Research Journal, 24(1) pp. 55-65.

    Furnham, A., Cook, R., Martin, N., Batey, M. (2011) 'Mental health literacy among university students.' Journal of Public Mental Health, 10(4) pp. 198-210.

    Sánchez-Ruiz, M.J., Hernández-Torrano, D., Pérez-González, J.C., Batey, M., Petrides, K.V. (2011) 'The relationship between trait emotional intelligence and creativity across subject domains.' Motivation and Emotion, 35(4) pp. 461-473.

    Furnham, A., Batey, M., Booth, T.W., Patel, V., Lozinskaya, D. (2011) 'Individual difference predictors of creativity in Art and Science students.' Thinking Skills and Creativity, 6(2) pp. 114-121.

    Batey, M., Booth, T., Furnham, A., Lipman, H. (2011) 'The relationship between personality and motivation: Is there a general factor of motivation?.' Individual Differences Research, 9(2) pp. 115-125.

    Furnham, A., Batey, M., Martin, N. (2011) 'How would you like to be evaluated? The correlates of students' preferences for assessment methods.' Personality and Individual Differences, 50(2) pp. 259-263.

    Batey, M., Furnham, A., Safiullina, X. (2010) 'Intelligence, general knowledge and personality as predictors of creativity.' Learning and Individual Differences, 20(5) pp. 532-535.

    Batey, M., Chamorro-Premuzic, T., Furnham, A. (2010) 'Individual differences in ideational behavior: Can the big five and psychometric intelligence predict creativity scores?.' Creativity Research Journal, 22(1) pp. 90-97.

    Christopher, A.N., Furnham, A., Batey, M., Martin, G.N., Koenig, C.S., Doty, K. (2010) 'Protestant ethic endorsement, personality, and general intelligence.' Learning and Individual Differences, 20(1) pp. 46-50.

    Batey, M., Furnham, A. (2009) 'The relationship between creativity, schizotypy and intelligence.' Individual Differences Research, 7(4) pp. 272-284.

    Johnson, S.J., Batey, M., Holdsworth, L. (2009) 'Personality and health: The mediating role of Trait Emotional Intelligence and Work Locus of Control.' Personality and Individual Differences, 47(5) pp. 470-475.

    Batey, M., Chamorro-Premuzic, T., Furnham, A. (2009) 'Intelligence and personality as predictors of divergent thinking: The role of general, fluid and crystallised intelligence.' Thinking Skills and Creativity, 4(1) pp. 60-69.

    Furnham, A., Crump, J., Batey, M., Chamorro-Premuzic, T. (2009) 'Personality and ability predictors of the "Consequences" Test of divergent thinking in a large non-student sample.' Personality and Individual Differences, 46(4) pp. 536-540.

    Batey, M., Rawles, R., Furnham, A. (2009) 'Divergent thinking and interview ratings.' Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 27(1) pp. 57-67.

    Batey, M., Furnham, A. (2008) 'The relationship between measures of creativity and schizotypy.' Personality and Individual Differences, 45(8) pp. 816-821.

    Furnham, A., Batey, M., Anand, K., Manfield, J. (2008) 'Personality, hypomania, intelligence and creativity.' Personality and Individual Differences, 44(5) pp. 1060-1069.

    Batey, M., Furnham, A. (2006) 'Creativity, intelligence, and personality: A critical review of the scattered literature.' Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs, 132(4) pp. 355-429.