by Teresa Amabile - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 1979
Conference Presentation

A Researcher Visits the Teacher's Lounge

2010
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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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September 1999
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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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1 Sep 1979
Conference Presentation

Rape and Physical Attractiveness: Judgements Concerning the Likelihood of Victimization

By: W. DeJong, Teresa M. Amabile and M. L. Stubbs

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Attitudes; Safety; Personal Characteristics

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January–February 2021
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How to Help (Without Micromanaging)

By: Colin M. Fisher, Teresa M. Amabile and Julianna Pillemer

Extensive research shows that when employees get hands-on managerial support, they perform better than when they’re left to their own devices, but unnecessary or unwanted help can be demoralizing and counterproductive. So how do you intervene constructively? The... View Details

Keywords: Helping; Employees; Groups and Teams; Management

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01 Sep 2012
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What’s the Big Idea?

Issue Focus: Ideas & Impact Illustration by Timothy Cook An Intellectual Capital: Some Influential HBS Ideas, at a Glance Pleasure in Progress Teresa Amabile It sounds so... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Corporate Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

17 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 17

PublicationsPerspectives on the Social Psychology of Creativity Authors:Teresa M. Amabile and Julianna Pillemer Publication:Journal of Creative Behavior 46, no. 1 (2012) Abstract Scholars began serious study into the social psychology... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

August 2021
Article

The Undervalued Power of Self-relevant Research: The Case of Researching Retirement While Retiring

By: Teresa M. Amabile and Douglas T. (Tim) Hall

For decades, training in management research has emphasized objectivity, typically viewed as an arm’s length distance between the topic of the research and the interests of the researcher. This emphasis has led most scholars to avoid research topics of deep personal... View Details

Keywords: Qualitative Research Methods; Case Research Methods; Organizational Behavior; Careers; Career Changes And Transitions; Self-relevant Research; Research; Personal Development and Career; Transition; Identity; Retirement

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1 Sep 1979
Conference Presentation

An Examination of the Effects of Verbal Reinforcement on Creativity

By: S. Berglas, Teresa M. Amabile and M. Handel

Keywords: Creativity

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1996
Working Paper

How Do Motivation and Task Behaviors Affect Creativity? An Investigation in Three Domains

By: John Ruscio, Dean Whitney and Teresa M. Amabile

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July 2014 (Revised August 2018)
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FIELD Foundations

By: Anthony J. Mayo, Alan MacCormack, Teresa Amabile and Michael Norton

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01 Apr 1995
Conference Presentation

Effects of Planning on Problem-Solving Creativity

By: D. Whitney, J. Ruscio, Teresa M. Amabile and M. Castle

Keywords: Planning; Creativity; Cognition and Thinking

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July 1995 (Revised April 1996)
Supplement

Cambridge Technology Partners (B)

By: George P. Baker III, Teresa M. Amabile and Michael Beer

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Technology Industry

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20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016

forthcoming Research in Organizational Behavior The Dynamic Componential Model of Creativity and Innovation in Organizations: Making Progress, Making Meaning By: Amabile, Teresa M., and Michael G. Pratt Abstract—Leveraging insights gained... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

13 Jan 2014
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Harvard Meets Ballet

Keywords: ballet; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

2018
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An Integrated Model of Dynamic Problem Solving within Organizational Constraints

By: Johnathan R. Cromwell, Teresa M. Amabile and Jean-François Harvey

Book Abstract: Rapid technological change, global competition, and economic uncertainty have all contributed to organizations seeking to improve creativity and innovation. Researchers and businesses want to know what factors facilitate or inhibit creativity in a... View Details

Keywords: Organizations; Problems and Challenges; 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