Having a creative day: Understanding entrepreneurs' daily idea generation through a recovery lens |
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| Authors: | Eva Weinberger Dominika Wach Ute Stephan Jürgen Wegge |
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| Institution: | 1. Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Department of Business Management and Economics, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany;2. Chair for Work and Organizational Psychology, Department of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany;3. Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | Prior research has shown that trait creativity is important for becoming an entrepreneur and successful in business. We explore a new perspective by investigating how recovery from work stress influences entrepreneurs' daily idea generation, a key aspect of creativity. Physiological and mental recovery enables the cognitive processes of creative problem-solving. Moreover, differences in mental recovery processes help to explain age-related changes in entrepreneurs' creativity. Multilevel analyses based on 415 daily data from 62 entrepreneurs support our predictions. Our study introduces a new “state” perspective to understanding entrepreneurs' creativity, and highlights the critical role of recovery processes for idea generation. |
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| Keywords: | Recovery Creativity Age Diary study Entrepreneurs |
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