What makes a creative day? A diary study on the interplay between affect, job stressors, and job control

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 589-607

  Binnewies, Carmen ^a   Wörnlein, Sarah C ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affective states; Creativity; Diary study; Dynamic performance; Job control; Job stressors demands

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954583358     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.731     Document Type: Article

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