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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
• Article

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
• Conference Presentation

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
• Conference Presentation

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
• Background Note

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.

• 2020
• Chapter

Consensual Assessment

By: B. A. Hennessey, J. S. Mueller and T. M. Amabile

Over time, the field of creativity research has seen a gradual shift away from an almost exclusive emphasis on the creative person towards a more balanced inquiry that centers both on individual difference issues and questions about the nature of creative products and... View Details

Keywords: Consensual Assessment Technique; Product Creativity; Creativity; Research

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Hennessey, B. A., J. S. Mueller, and T. M. Amabile. "Consensual Assessment." In Encyclopedia of Creativity. 3rd ed. Edited by Mark A. Runco and Steven R. Pritzker, 199–205. Academic Press, 2020.

• 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

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.

• July 1977
• Article

Social Roles, Social Control and Biases in Social Perception Processes

By: L. D. Ross, T. M. Amabile and J. Steinmetz

To make accurate social judgments, an individual must both recognize and adequately correct for the self-presentation advantages or disadvantages conferred upon actors by their social roles. Two experiments using 120 undergraduates examined social perceptions formed... View Details

Keywords: Perception; Prejudice and Bias; Social Psychology; Judgments; Power and Influence; Status and Position; Situation or Environment

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Ross, L. D., T. M. Amabile, and J. Steinmetz. "Social Roles, Social Control and Biases in Social Perception Processes." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 35, no. 7 (July 1977): 485–494.

• 2010
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Multi-Rater Assessment of Creative Contributions to Team Projects in Organizations

By: Giovanni B. Moneta, Teresa M. Amabile, Elizabeth Schatzel and Steve J. Kramer

This study examined the convergent and construct validity of ratings of individual creative contributions in a team context. A sample of 201 employees and supervisors, working on 26 team projects, completed the NEO-Five Factor Inventory and rated themselves and their... View Details

Keywords: Creativity; Groups and Teams; Research; Performance Evaluation; Gender; Projects

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Moneta, Giovanni B., Teresa M. Amabile, Elizabeth Schatzel, and Steve J. Kramer. "Multi-Rater Assessment of Creative Contributions to Team Projects in Organizations." European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology 19, no. 2 (2010): 150–176.

• 01 Mar 1994
• Conference Presentation

Environmental Determinants of Work Motivation, Creativity, and Innovation: The Case of R&D Downsizing

By: Teresa M. Amabile and R. Conti

Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Creativity; Innovation and Invention; Research and Development

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Amabile, Teresa M., and R. Conti. "Environmental Determinants of Work Motivation, Creativity, and Innovation: The Case of R&D Downsizing." Paper presented at the Conference on Technological Oversights and Foresights, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, March 01, 1994.

• 1 Apr 1980
• Conference Presentation

Perceptions of Negative Evaluators: Unlikeable but Smart

By: Teresa M. Amabile and D. Schlesinger

Keywords: Social Psychology

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Amabile, Teresa M., and D. Schlesinger. "Perceptions of Negative Evaluators: Unlikeable but Smart." Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Meeting, New York, April 1, 1980.

• 1 Apr 1980
• Conference Presentation

When Self-Descriptions Contradict Behavior: Do Actions Speak Louder than Words?

By: Teresa M. Amabile and L. Kabat

Keywords: Behavior; Identity

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Amabile, Teresa M., and L. Kabat. "When Self-Descriptions Contradict Behavior: Do Actions Speak Louder than Words?" Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Meeting, Hartford, CT, April 1, 1980.