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Having a creative day: Understanding entrepreneurs' daily idea generation through a recovery lens

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  • Weinberger, Eva
  • Wach, Dominika
  • Stephan, Ute
  • Wegge, Jürgen

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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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  • Weinberger, Eva & Wach, Dominika & Stephan, Ute & Wegge, Jürgen, 2018. "Having a creative day: Understanding entrepreneurs' daily idea generation through a recovery lens," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 33(1), pages 1-19.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jbvent:v:33:y:2018:i:1:p:1-19
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2017.09.001
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