The effects of emotional ambivalence on creativity
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Results from two laboratory experiments that show that individuals experiencing emotional ambivalence are better at recognizing special relationships between concepts are reported. They reveal that these individuals interpret emotional ambivalence as signals that they are in an unusual environment increasing their sensitivity to unusual associations and have implications regarding how to influence creative performance at work.
Publication Name: Academy of Management Journal
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0001-4273
Year: 2006
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Is public ownership bad for professional service firms? Ad agency ownership, performance, and creativity
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A panel of advertising agencies discusses the effect of public ownership on the performance of employees. The small agencies are negatively affected, in terms of performance, due to reduced incentives in the public ownership, whereas large agencies do not have to compromise on creativity requiring highly skilled professionals in public ownership.
Publication Name: Academy of Management Journal
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0001-4273
Year: 2007
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