Having a creative day: understanding entrepreneurs’ daily idea generation through a recovery lens
By E. Weinberger, Dominika Wach, Ute Stephan, Jürgen Wegge. 2018
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Prior research has shown that trait creativity is important for becoming an entrepreneur and successful in business. We explore a new perspective by investigating how recovery from work stress influences entrepreneurs' daily idea generation, a key aspect of creativity. Physiological and mental recovery enables the cognitive processes of creative problem-solving. Moreover, differences in mental recovery processes help to explain age-related changes in entrepreneurs' creativity. Multilevel analyses based on 415 daily data from 62 entrepreneurs support our predictions. Our study introduces a new “state” perspective to understanding entrepreneurs' creativity, and highlights the critical role of recovery processes for idea generation.
Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
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In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
In Management of Technology and Innovation
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- Let’s Focus on Solutions to Entrepreneurial Ill-Being! Recovery Interventions to Enhance Entrepreneurial Well-Being (2021, background): “As outlined in Table 1, sleeping well has been shown to intensify entrepreneurs’ positive moods, and unlock greater imaginativeness, creativity, and innovation in entrepreneurial activities (Weinberger et al., 2018; Williamson et al., 2019).”