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Vacation from work: A ‘ticket to creativity’?

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  • de Bloom, Jessica
  • Ritter, Simone
  • Kühnel, Jana
  • Reinders, Jennifer
  • Geurts, Sabine

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Recreational travel may increase creativity by relieving workers from stress, providing diversifying experiences and increasing positive emotions. Consequently, vacations may boost creativity, apparent in a greater variety (flexibility) and originality of ideas after work resumption.

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  • de Bloom, Jessica & Ritter, Simone & Kühnel, Jana & Reinders, Jennifer & Geurts, Sabine, 2014. "Vacation from work: A ‘ticket to creativity’?," Tourism Management, Elsevier, vol. 44(C), pages 164-171.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:touman:v:44:y:2014:i:c:p:164-171
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2014.03.013
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