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Having a creative day: understanding entrepreneurs' daily idea generation through a recovery lens

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Weinberger, Eva, Wach, Dominika, Stephan, Ute, Wegge, Jürgen·2018·Journal of Business Venturing

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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.

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  • Social and physical nonwork activities affect the acquisition of energy resources required for successful creative processes.

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Authors
Weinberger, E., Wach, D., Stephan, U., & Wegge, J.
Affiliations
  • Technische Universität Dresden (DE)
  • Aston University (GB)
Corresponding author
Weinberger, Eva
Venue
Journal of Business Venturing
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018-01
Volume
33
Issue
1
Pages
1-19
ISSN
0883-9026 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2758608750
Cited by
181
References
155
Citations by year
2026: 15 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 32 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 27 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 11
FWCI
19.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Journal of Business Venturing (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Aston Publications Explorer (Aston University) (submittedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Workaholism, burnout, and well-being
Keywords
entrepreneurs, idea generation, psychological recovery, physiological recovery, creative problem solving

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