Within-person relationships between mood and creativity

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 599-612

  To, March L ^a   Fisher, Cynthia D ^b   Ashkanasy, Neal M ^a   Rowe, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Creative process; Creativity; Goal orientation; Mood activation; Mood valence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CREATIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AFFECT; CREATIVENESS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867090631     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026097     Document Type: Article

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