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Helping at Work
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
- Research Summary
The Transition to Retirement
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
- July 22, 2024
- Article
Why People Resist Retirement
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
Amabile, Teresa M. "Why People Resist Retirement." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (July 22, 2024).
- 17 Aug 2008
- Conference Presentation
Creativity and the Psychology of Everyday Work Life
- February 1996
- Background Note
Managing for Creativity
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
Amabile, Teresa M. "Managing for Creativity." Harvard Business School Background Note 396-271, February 1996.
- 1 Feb 1994
- Conference Presentation
Creativity: What Is It? Where Does It Come From?
Keywords: Creativity
- 01 Jun 1986
- Conference Presentation
Maintaining Children's Motivation and Creativity
- 01 Jun 1984
- Conference Presentation
The Motivation for Creativity
- 1 Apr 1978
- Conference Presentation
Effects of Evaluation Expectation on Artistic Creativity
- December 2019
- Article
Understanding Retirement Requires Getting Inside People's Stories: A Call for More Qualitative Research
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
- Conference Presentation
Researching Retirement
- Article
In Pursuit of Everyday Creativity
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
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
- 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
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
- Article
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
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