by Teresa Amabile - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 May 2007
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First Look: May 8, 2007

it matter, in terms of performance, if people have more good days than bad days? Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer's new stream of research, based on more than 12,000 diary entries logged View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Oct 1996
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feedback on progress toward those goals. Creativity in Context by Teresa M. Amabile (Westview Press) This update of HBS professor Teresa... View Details

January 2005 (Revised August 2006)
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Lean Forward Media

By: Teresa M. Amabile and Victoria Winston

Jeff Norton and Michelle Crames, the co-founders of Lean Forward Media, face several options for producing the world's first interactive DVD film for children. Their vision is to build a company whose products simultaneously entertain children, engage them actively in... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Early Childhood Education; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Management Practices and Processes; Risk Management; Partners and Partnerships; Opportunities; Creativity

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01 Mar 2008
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Creativity from Many Angles

Upbeat, collaborative, and engaged.” That’s how Professor Teresa Amabile describes a gathering of 85 scholars and 15 business leaders held on the HBS campus in early December. The two-day Centennial... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Organization Need to Know Professor Emerita Teresa Amabile 11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m. EDT + More Info – Less Info Most organizations have a standard process for the retirement transition and assume that it’s... View Details

16 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019

forthcoming The Creativity Reader The Art of (Creative) Thought: Graham Wallas on the Creative Process By: Amabile, Teresa M. Abstract—The Creativity Reader is a necessary companion for anyone interested in the historical roots of... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Broadcast executive and businessman W. Don Cornwell was hired by Goldman Sachs in 1971 and later promoted to chief operating officer of the investment banking division's corporate finance department. In 1988, Cornwell left the securities... View Details

01 Mar 2006
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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

30 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 30

Because the current empirical literature does not account for this intertemporal channel, it may underestimate the total work disincentive effect of SSDI. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2295538 J. Richard Hackman (1940-2013) By: Wageman, Ruth, and... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

01 Dec 2000
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Faculty News

Changes Several chaired professors, listed at right with their new titles, have moved to vacated professorships. Teresa M. Amabile Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration Paul M. Healy James... View Details

Keywords: H. Naylor Fitzhugh (MBA '33); Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Dec 2022
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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

29 Mar 2024
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Feeling Overwhelmed? Try Tallying Your Tiny Wins.

21 Dec 2019
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3 myths about creativity that are probably holding you back

06 Jun 2018
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How to Make Sure Good Ideas Don’t Get Lost in the Shuffle

08 Mar 2017
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How I Motivated Myself During My Darkest Times

February 1985
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Motivation and Creativity: Effects of Motivational Orientation on Creative Writers

By: T. M. Amabile

72 members of the college community who identified themselves as actively involved in creative writing participated in individual laboratory sessions, in which they were asked to write 2 brief poems, to investigate the hypothesis that intrinsic motivation is conducive... View Details

Keywords: Social Psychology; Creativity; Motivation and Incentives; Performance; Personal Characteristics; Situation or Environment

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