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. Physio-logical and mental recovery enables the cognitive processes of creative problem-solving. Moreover, differences in mental recovery processes help to explain age-related changes in en-trepreneurs’ creativity. Multilevel analyses based on 415 daily data from 62 entrepreneurs support our predictions. Our study introduces a new “state” perspective to understanding en-trepreneurs’ creativity, and highlights the critical role of recovery processes for idea genera-tion.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-19 |
Journal | Journal of Business Venturing |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 7 Oct 2017 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2018 |
Bibliographical note
© 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).Keywords
- entrepreneurship
- creativity
- recovery
- age
- aging
- sleep quality
- sleep
- diary study