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Understanding when bad moods foster creativity and good ones don't: The role of context and clarity of feelings.
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Using a mood-as-input model, the authors identified conditions under which negative moods are positively related, and positive moods are negatively related, to creative performance. Among a sample of workers in an organizational unit charged with developing creative designs and manufacturing techniques, the authors hypothesized and found that negative moods were positively related to creative performance when perceived recognition and rewards for creative performance and clarity of feelings (a metamood process) were high. The authors also hypothesized and found that positive moods were negatively related to creative performance when perceived recognition and rewards for creativity and clarity of feelings were high.
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Metadata
- Authors
- George, J. M., & Zhou, J.
- Affiliations
- Rice University (US)
- Texas A&M University (US)
- ORCID
- Zhou, Jing
- Venue
- Journal of Applied Psychology
- Published
- 2002
- Volume
- 87
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 687-697
- ISSN
- 0021-9010 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1854
- OpenAlex
- W1973216329
- Cited by
- 862
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 16.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Applied Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- 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
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotional Intelligence and Performance
- Keywords
- mood, creativity, negative mood, positive mood, rewards and recognition, creative performance, organizational creativity, context effects
- MeSH terms
- Affect, Creativity, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Job Satisfaction, Male, Middle Aged, Occupations, Task Performance and Analysis
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