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  • 2013
  • Working Paper

J. Richard Hackman (1940-2013)

By: Ruth Wageman and Teresa M. Amabile
When J. Richard Hackman died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on January 8, 2013, psychology lost a giant. Six and a half feet tall, with an outsize personality to match, Richard was the leading scholar in two distinct areas: work design and team effectiveness. In both... View Details
Keywords: Social Psychology; Organizational Design; Groups and Teams; Personal Development and Career; Education Industry; Cambridge
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  • January 2005 (Revised August 2006)
  • Case

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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  • February 1996
  • Case

Seaman Corporation

By: Teresa M. Amabile and Dean Whitney
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  • 1 Apr 1992
  • Conference Presentation

Intrinsic Motivation and Artistic Creativity: The Effects of Naturally-Occurring Interest, Affect, and Involvement

By: M. A. Collins and Teresa M. Amabile
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Creativity
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  • 01 Feb 1997
  • News

Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management

"Creativity," explains MBA Class of 1954 Professor Teresa Amabile, "is not just for the arts - it is possible and desirable in any activity." In her course Entrepreneurship, Creativity, and Organization,... View Details
  • July 2000 (Revised August 2000)
  • Case

AllHerb.com: Evolution of an E-tailer

By: Teresa M. Amabile and Christina L. Darwall
Serial entrepreneur Ken Hakuta, in the second year of his latest venture, reconsiders his original strategy of maintaining an independent, self-funded, self-led company. His Internet herbal remedy company, AllHerb.com, has already enjoyed considerable success with its... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Strategic Planning; Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Web Services Industry
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  • 01 Oct 2003
  • Conference Presentation

The Best (and Worst) Days in Creative Project Teams: Some Preliminary Results

By: Teresa M. Amabile and Steve J. Kramer
Keywords: Creativity; Groups and Teams; Outcome or Result
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  • 01 Oct 1997
  • Conference Presentation

Rewards and Creativity

By: B. A. Hennessey and Teresa M. Amabile
Keywords: Creativity
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  • 20 Dec 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2018

wrestle with questions of identity and rebuilding relationships. Teresa Amabile presents preliminary findings on the journey to after-work life. Why You Are Unhappy at Work Sometimes the deck is stacked... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 1 Apr 1984
  • Conference Presentation

The Effect of Reward and Task Label on Children's Verbal Creativity

By: Beth A. Hennessey and Teresa M. Amabile
Keywords: Creativity; Spoken Communication; Motivation and Incentives
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  • 1 Apr 1987
  • Conference Presentation

Immunizing Children Against the Negative Effects of Reward

By: Teresa M. Amabile and Beth A. Hennessey
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives
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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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  • 01 Sep 1979
  • Conference Presentation

A Researcher Visits the Teacher's Lounge

By: Teresa M. Amabile and M. W. Watson
Keywords: Research; Teaching
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  • 2010
  • Article

Creativity

By: Beth A. Hennessey and Teresa M. Amabile
The psychological study of creativity is essential to human progress. If strides are to be made in the sciences, humanities, and arts, we must arrive at a far more detailed understanding of the creative process, its antecedents, and its inhibitors. This review,... View Details
Keywords: Creative Ability; Creativity; Social Psychology; Research; Interdisciplinary Studies
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  • March 2011
  • Article

Meeting the Challenges of a Person-Centric Work Psychology

By: Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer
In this article, the authors discuss person-centric work psychology, a paradigm developed by H. M. Weiss and D. E. Rupp regarding daily work life psychology. They cited three challenges of the paradigm such as the collection, and analysis of data, the certainty of the... View Details
Keywords: Employees; Social Psychology; Emotions; Perception; Motivation and Incentives
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  • 2009
  • Chapter

Creativity, Improvisation, and Organizations

By: Colin M. Fisher and Teresa M. Amabile
Although the literatures on both organizational creativity and organizational improvisation have been expanding in recent years, the links between these literatures have not been deeply explored. This chapter explores those links to create a conceptualization of... View Details
Keywords: Body of Literature; Innovation and Invention; Organizational Culture; Research; Creativity; Theory
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  • September 1999
  • Case

Trisha Wilson of Wilson & Associates

By: Teresa M. Amabile and Sarah S. Khetani
Texan entrepreneur Trisha Wilson has founded an interior design firm and watched it grow into one of the most successful firms in the hospitality design services industry. After 20 years of building a company that is truly a reflection of her own personality, Wilson... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Employees; Innovation and Management; Management; Business or Company Management; Management Succession; Organizational Culture; Strategy; Service Industry; Texas
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  • 8 Aug 2004
  • Conference Presentation

Self-discovery through Journaling in Organizations

By: Teresa M. Amabile and Steve J. Kramer
Keywords: Identity; Social Psychology; Organizations
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  • Article

When the Thought Doesn’t Count: The Dynamics of Unhelpful Help in Creative Organizations

By: Colin Fisher, Julianna Pillemer and Teresa Amabile
We’ve all been there. You ask a colleague for help with something, maybe a tricky research design or a difficult student. They agree to help, but their assistance misses its mark. You wonder what happened and, if you turn to existing research and theory, you don’t find... View Details
Keywords: Helping; Organizational Culture
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  • winter 2009
  • Article

Creativity, Improvisation, and Organizations

By: Colin M. Fisher and Teresa M. Amabile
'Improvisational creativity' involves simultaneously identifying new challenges and generating responses, with little or no time to prepare. View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Management; Organizational Culture; Creativity; Theory; Performance
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