Affect and Creativity at Work

By Teresa M. Amabile, Sigal G. Barsade, Jennifer S. Mueller, Barry M. Staw. 2005

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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Citations in the corpus

Measuring Affect for the Study and Enhancement of Co-present Creative Collaboration (2013, background): “Such studies have generally reported that positive mood causes increased creativity [28].”
The Role of Affect in Creative Projects and Exploratory Search (2007, positive): “Where there are problems to be addressed, positive affect encourages people to approach these problems rather than shy away from them [Seo et al., 2004; Amabile et al., 2005; also Frederickson (2001) on the role of positive affect in ''broaden-and-build'' orientations].”
Trust, Connectivity, and Thriving: Implications for Innovative Behaviors at Work (2009, background): “…extant theory and research have tended to focus on the effect of either cognitive antecedents such as creative self-efficacy (Carmeli & Schaubroeck, 2007; Phelan & Young, 2003; Tierney & Farmer, 2002) or affective antecedents (Amabile et al, 2005; Madjar et al, 2002) on creative behaviors at work.”
Exploitation-Exploration Tensions and Organizational Ambidexterity: Managing Paradoxes of Innovation (2009, background): “” Such depictions exemplify the centrality of intrinsic motivation to creativity (Amabile et al. 2005).”
Emotions in the Workplace (2017, methodology): “More recently, moreover, alternative ability (i.e., non-self-report) measures of emotional intelligence have begun to appear (e.g., Czarna et al. 2016, MacCann et al. 2014).”
“Take a break?!” Off-job recovery, job demands, and job resources as predictors of health, active learning, and creativity (2012, background): “From a different perspective, one could also argue that emotional detachment from work may give way for an increase in positive affect that is known to foster creativity (Amabile, Barsade, Mueller, & Staw, 2005 ).”
Social influence, creativity and innovation (2008, background): “In a recent field study, Amabile, Barsade, Mueller, and Staw ( 2005 ) analyzed daily diaries and self‐rated mood and perceived creativity of employees in 26 different project teams in seven companies representing three different industries for the life of the project team.”
Enhancing Creativity Through "Mindless" Work: A Framework of Workday Design (2006, background): “…evidence that the psychological state of positive affect (i.e., the experience of positive emotions such as contentment, happiness, and joy) may improve creativity in a variety of contexts, including problem solving, brainstorming, and artistic work (Isen and Baron 1991, Amabile et al. 2005).”
Where Do Creative Interactions Come From? The Role of Tie Content and Social Networks (2011, methodology): “This paper focuses on the generative aspect of creativity (Amabile et al. 2005).”
Job Design and the Employee Innovation Process: The Mediating Role of Learning Strategies (2012, neutral): “Job design characteristics are also known to influence employee affect, which has been shown be associated with idea generation (Amabile et al. 2005; George and Zhou 2002) and prosocial behaviors that might include promoting suggestions and taking the time to implement a new and useful idea (Lee…”