Work curiosity: A new lens for understanding employee creativity

Chang, Yu-Yu; Shih, Hui-Yu

doi:10.1016/j.hrmr.2018.10.005

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Work curiosity: A new lens for understanding employee creativity

Chang, Yu-Yu, Shih, Hui-Yu·2019·Human Resource Management Review

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Triggering users' curiosity is important in enhancing first usage of the app, which might eventually lead to sticking with the programme, but also might trigger interest and widen the employee's horizons, thereby influencing creativity.
“Triggering users’ curiosity is important in enhancing first usage of the app, which might eventually lead to sticking with the programme, but also might trigger interest and widen the employee’s horizons, thereby influencing creativity [61].”
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Authors: Chang, Y.-Y., & Shih, H.-Y.
Affiliations: Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology (TW)
National Tsing Hua University (TW)
Corresponding author: Chang, Yu-Yu
ORCID: Chang, Yu-Yu
Shih, Hui-Yu
Venue: Human Resource Management Review
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2019-12
Volume: 29
Issue: 4
Pages: 100672
ISSN: 1053-4822 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2018.10.005
OpenAlex: W2896461731
Cited by: 88
References: 82
Citations by year: 2026: 7 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 7
FWCI: 5.57
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Human Resource Management Review (publishedVersion)
Funders: Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan (MOST 106-2410-H-218-017)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychological and Educational Research Studies
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
Keywords: employee creativity, curiosity, motivation, organizational context, individual differences, cognitive processes, psychological state, creative idea generation

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