Having a creative day: understanding entrepreneurs’ daily idea generation through a recovery lens

Eva Weinberger; Dominika Wach; Ute Stephan; Jürgen Wegge

doi:10.1016/j.jbusvent.2017.09.001

Having a creative day: understanding entrepreneurs’ daily idea generation through a recovery lens

Eva Weinberger, Dominika Wach, Ute Stephan, Jürgen Wegge

Economics and International Business

Technische Universität Dresden

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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. 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
Pages (from-to)	1-19
Journal	Journal of Business Venturing
Volume	33
Issue number	1
Early online date	7 Oct 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2017.09.001
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2018

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entrepreneurship
creativity
recovery
age
aging
sleep quality
sleep
diary study

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