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  • fall 1997
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  • California Management Review

Motivating Creativity in Organizations: On Doing What You Love and Loving What You Do

By: T. M. Amabile
  • Format:Print
  • | Pages:20
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Abstract

Creativity in all fields, including business, flourishes under intrinsic motivation- the drive to do something because it is interesting, involving, exciting, satisfying, or personally challenging. This article presents the Componential Theory of Organizational Creativity and Innovation, which defines the factors-including intrinsic motivation-that determine a person's creativity. This article also shows how the work environment can influence individual creativity.

Keywords

Creativity; Motivation and Incentives; Situation or Environment; Organizational Culture

Citation

Amabile, T. M. "Motivating Creativity in Organizations: On Doing What You Love and Loving What You Do." California Management Review 40, no. 1 (fall 1997): 39–58.

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Teresa M. Amabile

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