by Teresa M. Amabile - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 5, 2008

both across and within firms. The cost to employees of loyalty is large, and can amount to nearly a 20 percent loss in retirement income. Creativity, Improvisation, and Organizations Authors:Colin M. Fisher and T. View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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 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 View Details

January 2012
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How Leaders Kill Meaning at Work

By: Teresa Amabile and Steven J. Kramer

Senior executives routinely undermine creativity, productivity, and commitment by damaging the inner work lives of their employees in four avoidable ways. This article is based on analysis of hundreds of work diaries from professionals describing everyday events that... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Creativity; Performance Productivity; Motivation and Incentives; Innovation Strategy; Performance; Strategic Planning; Leading Change; Balanced Scorecard; Mission and Purpose

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01 Dec 2000
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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... View Details

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

16 Jul 2013
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Colin M., Julianna Pillemer, and Teresa M. Amabile Abstract—Through an inductive, multi-method field study at a major design firm, we investigated the helping process in... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

April 2025
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Transitioning Into Retirement: The Interplay of Self and Life Structure

By: Marcy Crary, Douglas T. (Tim) Hall, Kathy E. Kram, Teresa M. Amabile and Lotte Bailyn

This paper explores the psychological, social, and behavioral ways in which professionals end their corporate careers and reorient themselves and their lives in the transition from employment to retirement. Framed within life course theory, specifically the adult... View Details

Keywords: Retirement; Behavior; Transition; Identity

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18 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 18

markets place on the pinnacle of quality, the enduring nature of reputation, and the effect of endogenous quality choices on status effect estimates. August 2013 American Psychologist J. Richard Hackman (1940-2013) By: Wageman, Ruth, and View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Feb 2017
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2016 Scientists Making a Difference: One Hundred Eminent Behavioral and Brain Scientists Talk about Their Most Important Contributions The Motivation for Creativity By: Amabile, Teresa M. Abstract—Scientists... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

September 2005
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Affect and Creativity at Work

By: Teresa M. Amabile, Sigal G. Barsade, Jennifer S. Mueller and Barry M. Staw

This study explored how affect relates to creativity at work. Using both quantitative and qualitative longitudinal data from the daily diaries of 222 employees in seven companies, we examined the nature, form, and temporal dynamics of the affect-creativity... View Details

Keywords: Creativity; Attitudes; Employees; Theory

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01 Mar 2007
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Pursuing a passion

In addition to her field research on creativity, Teresa Amabile is a keen observer and enthusiastic supporter of the creative efforts of her HBS students. To illustrate her belief that entrepreneurial... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Sep 2011
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Faculty Books

The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work by Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer (Harvard Business Review Press) The best managers... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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 Feb 1998
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Women at the Top

But it's innovation that keeps you ahead of the pack." The theme of courage was brought to the fore in the next presentation, "Keeping Creativity Alive," in which MBA Class of 1954 Professor of Business Administration Teresa View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young

July 1989
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Immunizing Children Against the Negative Effects of Reward

By: B. A. Hennessey, T. M. Amabile and M. Martinage

Two studies were conducted to examine the effect of intrinsic motivation training on children's subsequent motivational orientation and creativity in an expected reward situation. Past research has demonstrated the overjustification effect: Children who work on an... View Details

Keywords: Creativity; Motivation and Incentives; Training; Early Childhood Education; Learning; Teaching

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