Having a creative day: Understanding entrepreneurs' daily idea generation through a recovery lens

Eva Weinberger, Dominika Wach, Ute Stephan and Jürgen Wegge

Journal of Business Venturing, 2018, vol. 33, issue 1, 1-19

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. Physiological and mental recovery enables the cognitive processes of creative problem-solving. Moreover, differences in mental recovery processes help to explain age-related changes in entrepreneurs' creativity. Multilevel analyses based on 415 daily data from 62 entrepreneurs support our predictions. Our study introduces a new “state” perspective to understanding entrepreneurs' creativity, and highlights the critical role of recovery processes for idea generation.

Keywords: Recovery; Creativity; Age; Diary study; Entrepreneurs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2017.09.001

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