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10 - The Role of Affect and Its Regulation for Creativity and Innovation

from Part II - Workplace Affect and Individual Worker Outcomes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 June 2020

By
Maike Hundeling  and
Kathrin Rosing
Edited by
Liu-Qin Yang ,
Russell Cropanzano ,
Catherine S. Daus  and
Vicente Martínez-Tur
Liu-Qin Yang
Affiliation:
Portland State University
Russell Cropanzano
Affiliation:
University of Colorado
Catherine S. Daus
Affiliation:
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Vicente Martínez-Tur
Affiliation:
Universitat de València, Spain
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Summary

Creativity and innovation play an important role in today’s work life as they are key to enhancing organizations’ competitiveness (e.g. Amabile, 1988; Anderson, Potočnik, & Zhou, 2014; Bledow, Frese, Anderson, Erez, & Farr, 2009). Creativity may be defined as a facet of innovation that refers to the generation and development of new and useful ideas (Amabile, 1983, 1996). Innovation, in contrast, is “the intentional introduction and application within a role, group or organization of ideas, processes, products or procedures, new to the relevant unit of adoption, designed to significantly benefit the individual, the group, the organization or wider society” (West & Farr, 1990, p. 9). In other words, whereas creativity refers to the generation of ideas, innovation additionally includes the implementation of those ideas.

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The Cambridge Handbook of Workplace Affect , pp. 131 - 145
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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