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Article
| American Psychologist
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June 1998
Reward, Intrinsic Motivation, and Creativity
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B. A. Hennessey and T. M. Amabile
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Abstract
Comments on R. Eisenberger and J. Cameron's (see record 1996-06440-007) discussion on the impact of reward on creativity. The authors argue that Eisenberger and Cameron overlooked or failed to adequately explain several demonstrations of lower creativity on rewarded activities as compared with nonrewarded activities. Moreover, the evidence they provided of increased creativity under reward is more informative about relatively simple human behaviors than about actual creative performance. The authors believe that it is erroneous and misleading to conclude, as do Eisenberger and Cameron, that the detrimental effects of reward occur under limited conditions that are easily avoided.
Keywords: Creativity;
Motivation and Incentives;
Performance Evaluation;