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  • July 1989
  • Article

Immunizing Children Against the Negative Effects of Reward

By: B. A. Hennessey, T. M. Amabile and M. Martinage
Two studies were conducted to examine the effect of intrinsic motivation training on children's subsequent motivational orientation and creativity in an expected reward situation. Past research has demonstrated the overjustification effect: Children who work on an... View Details
Keywords: Creativity; Motivation and Incentives; Training; Early Childhood Education; Learning; Teaching
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  • 2020
  • Chapter

Consensual Assessment

By: B. A. Hennessey, J. S. Mueller and T. M. Amabile
Over time, the field of creativity research has seen a gradual shift away from an almost exclusive emphasis on the creative person towards a more balanced inquiry that centers both on individual difference issues and questions about the nature of creative products and... View Details
Keywords: Consensual Assessment Technique; Product Creativity; Creativity; Research
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  • 01 Dec 2022
  • News

Ink: Comfort in Discomfort

cold call. The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work, by HBS professor Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer. It’s an elegant and... View Details
  • 01 Apr 1998
  • News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

Stevenson, conference chair and chair of the School's Entrepreneurial Management unit, will describe the key insights HBS has developed in fifty years of teaching entrepreneurship; Professor Teresa M. View Details
  • 01 Mar 2006
  • News

Faculty Research Online

Time Pressure and Creativity: Why Time Is Not on Your Side Even as time pressures increase in corporate life, the need for creative thinking has never been greater, says Professor Teresa Amabile in this Q&A.... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 01 Dec 1996
  • News

Faculty Symposium Honors McArthur

Ethics, Economics, and Organizations Professors Thomas R. Piper and Lynn Sharp Paine Service Management Professor James L. Heskett and Associate Professor Gary W. Loveman Entrepreneurship Professors Teresa View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
  • 2010
  • Article

Multi-Rater Assessment of Creative Contributions to Team Projects in Organizations

By: Giovanni B. Moneta, Teresa M. Amabile, Elizabeth Schatzel and Steve J. Kramer
This study examined the convergent and construct validity of ratings of individual creative contributions in a team context. A sample of 201 employees and supervisors, working on 26 team projects, completed the NEO-Five Factor Inventory and rated themselves and their... View Details
Keywords: Creativity; Groups and Teams; Research; Performance Evaluation; Gender; Projects
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  • 01 Oct 2002
  • News

Faculty Research Symposium

is a much more robust incentive instrument, and is less likely to be abused since its value is much more transparent.” Creativity in a Crunch Does having a tight deadline spark creativity or stifle it? When HBS professor Teresa View Details
  • February 2004
  • Article

Leader Behaviors and the Work Environment for Creativity: Perceived Leader Support

By: Teresa M. Amabile, Elizabeth A. Schatzel, Giovanni B. Moneta and Steven J. Kramer
This exploratory study investigated leader behaviors related to perceived leader support, encompassing both instrumental and socioemotional support. The study first established that leader support, proposed to be a key feature of the work environment for creativity,... View Details
Keywords: Creativity; Leadership; Behavior; Working Conditions; Perception; Performance
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  • January 1982
  • Article

A Negativity Bias in Interpersonal Evaluation

By: T. M. Amabile and A. H. Glazebrook
Two studies were conducted to demonstrate a bias toward negativity in evaluations of persons or their work in particular social circumstances. In Study 1, subjects evaluated materials written by peers. Those working under conditions that placed them in low status... View Details
Keywords: Social Psychology; Status and Position; Prejudice and Bias; Performance Evaluation; Situation or Environment; Perception; Attitudes
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  • July 1977
  • Article

Social Roles, Social Control and Biases in Social Perception Processes

By: L. D. Ross, T. M. Amabile and J. Steinmetz
To make accurate social judgments, an individual must both recognize and adequately correct for the self-presentation advantages or disadvantages conferred upon actors by their social roles. Two experiments using 120 undergraduates examined social perceptions formed... View Details
Keywords: Perception; Prejudice and Bias; Social Psychology; Judgments; Power and Influence; Status and Position; Situation or Environment
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  • Research Summary

Creativity and Innovation

By: Teresa M. Amabile

Starting in 2016, I undertook several new projects on creativity and innovation. The first, a revision of my 1988 componential theory of creativity and innovation, was coauthored with Michael Pratt (Boston College) and published in Research in Organizational... View Details

Keywords: Creativity; Innovation
  • Research Summary

Helping at Work

By: Teresa M. Amabile

This research focuses on collaboration and helping in creative project teams. Colin Fisher (UCL), Julianna Pillemer (NYU Stern School), and I developed a multi-year research program examining help received and given, including successful and unsuccessful helping... View Details

Keywords: Collaboration; Helping; Creativity; Creative Industries
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The Transition to Retirement

By: Teresa M. Amabile

My current major research program is the Retirement Transitions Study: a broad study of retiring professionals' everyday experiences, including identification with work; identity stability, change, and development; meaningfulness of work; changes in life structure,... View Details

Keywords: Careers; Psychology; Creativity; Identity; Retirement; Meaning
  • 1 Oct 1978
  • Conference Presentation

Stifling Creativity

By: Teresa M. Amabile
Keywords: Creativity
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  • July 22, 2024
  • Article

Why People Resist Retirement

By: Teresa M. Amabile
Research suggests making the decision to retire means grappling with three psychological issues. First, identity issues can loom large for any deeply engaged professional. Even a small step away from a career can make a person wonder who they are without it. Second,... View Details
Keywords: Retirement; Identity; Leadership; Satisfaction; Relationships; Age
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  • 29 May 2010
  • Conference Presentation

Tracking Creativity in the Wild

By: Teresa M. Amabile
Keywords: Creativity
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  • 17 Aug 2008
  • Conference Presentation

Creativity and the Psychology of Everyday Work Life

By: Teresa M. Amabile
Keywords: Creativity; Working Conditions
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  • February 1996
  • Background Note

Managing for Creativity

By: Teresa M. Amabile
Organizational stimulants and obstacles to creativity are summarized. The management tasks of supporting creativity and encouraging innovation are described as a delicate balance between over-control and chaos. A technology used to assess the climate for creativity is... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Creativity; Motivation and Incentives; Technology
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  • 01 Nov 1979
  • Conference Presentation

Exploring the Relationship Between Fantasy and Creativity

By: M. L. Stubbs and Teresa M. Amabile
Keywords: Creativity
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