No Pain, No Gains: Negative Mood Leads to Process Gains in Idea-Generation Groups

Group Dynamics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 75-88

  Jones, Eric E ^a   Kelly, Janice R ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

brainstorming; creativity; groups; idea generation; mood

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650088389     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013812     Document Type: Article

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