IDEA #47

Boost creativity by making the workplace an emotional roller coaster

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Looking to increase creativity? Capitalise on your employees’ mood swings.

What you need to know

Jennifer George and Jing Zhou of Rice University wanted to understand what got the creative juices going at a large oilfield services company. Among their sample of more than 160 individuals with educational qualifications ranging from high school diplomas to doctorates, George and Zhou tested for three factors: the state of mind of employees (both positive and negative); how employees evaluated their supervisors (across the three dimensions of fairness, feedback ...

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