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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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Amabile, Teresa M. "Stifling Creativity." Paper presented at the New England Social Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Boston, October 1, 1978.
  • July 22, 2024
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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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Amabile, Teresa M. "Why People Resist Retirement." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (July 22, 2024).
  • 29 May 2010
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Tracking Creativity in the Wild

By: Teresa M. Amabile
Keywords: Creativity
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Amabile, Teresa M. "Tracking Creativity in the Wild." Paper presented at the Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Boston, MA, May 29, 2010.
  • 17 Aug 2008
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Creativity and the Psychology of Everyday Work Life

By: Teresa M. Amabile
Keywords: Creativity; Working Conditions
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Amabile, Teresa M. "Creativity and the Psychology of Everyday Work Life." Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Symposium on Eminent Women in Psychology, Boston, MA, August 17, 2008.
  • February 1996
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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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Amabile, Teresa M. "Managing for Creativity." Harvard Business School Background Note 396-271, February 1996.
  • 1 Feb 1994
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Creativity: What Is It? Where Does It Come From?

By: Teresa M. Amabile
Keywords: Creativity
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Amabile, Teresa M. "Creativity: What Is It? Where Does It Come From?" Paper presented at the Symposium on Perspectives on Creativity in Marketing Theory and Practice, American Marketing Association, St. Petersburg, FL, February 1, 1994.
  • 1 Aug 1990
  • Conference Presentation

Mechanisms of Creativity

By: Teresa M. Amabile
Keywords: Creativity
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Amabile, Teresa M. "Mechanisms of Creativity." Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA, August 01, 1990.
  • 01 Jun 1986
  • Conference Presentation

Maintaining Children's Motivation and Creativity

By: Teresa M. Amabile
Keywords: Creativity; Motivation and Incentives
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Amabile, Teresa M. "Maintaining Children's Motivation and Creativity." Paper presented at the Symposium on Frontiers of Creativity Research, Buffalo, NY, June 01, 1986.
  • 01 Jun 1984
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The Motivation for Creativity

By: Teresa M. Amabile
Keywords: Creativity; Motivation and Incentives
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Amabile, Teresa M. "The Motivation for Creativity." Paper presented at the Symposium on Frontiers of Creativity Research, Buffalo, NY, June 01, 1984.
  • 1 Apr 1978
  • Conference Presentation

Effects of Evaluation Expectation on Artistic Creativity

By: Teresa M. Amabile
Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Creativity
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Amabile, Teresa M. "Effects of Evaluation Expectation on Artistic Creativity." Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Meeting, April 1, 1978.
  • December 2019
  • Article

Understanding Retirement Requires Getting Inside People's Stories: A Call for More Qualitative Research

By: Teresa M. Amabile
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Amabile, Teresa M. "Understanding Retirement Requires Getting Inside People's Stories: A Call for More Qualitative Research." Work, Aging and Retirement 5, no. 3 (July 2019): 207–211.
  • Aug 2017
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Researching Retirement

By: Teresa M. Amabile
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Amabile, Teresa M. "Researching Retirement." In Conducting Research in Familiar Settings. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Joint Symposium, Atlanta, GA, August 2017.
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In Pursuit of Everyday Creativity

By: Teresa M. Amabile
Creativity researchers have long paid careful attention to individual creativity, beginning with studies of well-known geniuses and expanding to personality, biographical, cognitive, and social-psychological studies of individual creative behavior. Little is known,... View Details
Keywords: Creativity; Behavior; Innovation and Invention
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Amabile, Teresa M. "In Pursuit of Everyday Creativity." Journal of Creative Behavior 51, no. 4 (December 2017): 335–337.
  • 15 Aug 2009
  • Conference Presentation

Emergent Creativity in Organizations

By: Teresa M. Amabile
Keywords: Creativity; Organizations
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Amabile, Teresa M. "Emergent Creativity in Organizations." Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 15, 2009.
  • February 2004
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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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Amabile, Teresa M., Elizabeth A. Schatzel, Giovanni B. Moneta, and Steven J. Kramer. "Leader Behaviors and the Work Environment for Creativity: Perceived Leader Support." Leadership Quarterly 15, no. 1 (February 2004): 5–32.
  • November–December 2024
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Retire Without Regrets

By: Teresa M. Amabile, Lotte Bailyn, Marcy Crary, Douglas T. "Tim" Hall and Kathy E. Kram
This article explores the significant transition of retirement and offers insights into creating a satisfying postcareer life. It highlights the contrasting experiences of Irene and Lawrence, two retirees who navigated this change differently. Irene embraced retirement... View Details
Keywords: Retirement; Satisfaction; Transition; Identity
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Amabile, Teresa M., Lotte Bailyn, Marcy Crary, Douglas T. "Tim" Hall, and Kathy E. Kram. "Retire Without Regrets." Harvard Business Review 102, no. 6 (November–December 2024): 143–147.
  • 1 Aug 1985
  • Conference Presentation

Social Influences on Creativity: Interactive Effects of Reward and Choice

By: Teresa M. Amabile
Keywords: Creativity; Social Psychology; Motivation and Incentives; Decision Choices and Conditions
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Amabile, Teresa M. "Social Influences on Creativity: Interactive Effects of Reward and Choice." Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Los Angeles, August 01, 1985.
  • 1 Sep 1983
  • Conference Presentation

Social Environments that Kill Creativity

By: Teresa M. Amabile
Keywords: Creativity
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Amabile, Teresa M. "Social Environments that Kill Creativity." Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC, September 1, 1983.
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