Constraints that Help or Hinder Creative Performance: A Motivational Approach

Roskes, Marieke

doi:10.1111/caim.12086

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Constraints that Help or Hinder Creative Performance: A Motivational Approach

Roskes, Marieke·2015·Creativity and Innovation Management

DOI 10.1111/caim.12086

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Threatening situations, in which people fear negative outcomes or failure, evoke avoidance motivation. Avoidance motivation, in turn, evokes a focused, systematic and effortful way of information processing that has often been linked to reduced creativity. This harmful effect of avoidance motivation on creativity can be problematic in financially turbulent times when people fear for their jobs and financial security. However, particularly in such threatening times, creativity may be crucial to innovate, adapt to changing demands and stay ahead of competitors. Here, I propose a theoretical framework describing how different types of constraints in the workplace affect creative performance under approach and avoidance motivation. Specifically, under avoidance motivation, constraints that consume or occupy cognitive resources should undermine creativity, but constraints that channel cognitive resources should facilitate creativity. Understanding the impact of different types of constraints on creative performance is needed to develop strategies for maximizing creativity in the workplace.

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Authors: Roskes, M.
Corresponding author: Roskes, Marieke
ORCID: Roskes, Marieke
Venue: Creativity and Innovation Management
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2014-10-23
Volume: 24
Issue: 2
Pages: 197-206
ISSN: 0963-1690 (ISSN-L)
1467-8691
DOI: 10.1111/caim.12086
OpenAlex: W1924175264
Cited by: 61
References: 88
Citations by year: 2026: 3 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 1
FWCI: 4.17
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations: Creativity and Innovation Management (publishedVersion)
VU Research Portal (publishedVersion)
Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion)
Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
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 › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
Keywords: creative performance, avoidance motivation, approach motivation, workplace constraints, cognitive resources, fear of failure, employee creativity, innovation

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