The Roles of Task Hedonic Tone and Time in the Effects of Mood and Affectivity on Creativity

Using an experiment with 77 academic professional participants, this dissertation examined the effects of positive mood and positive affectivity on creativity, together with the contexts of task hedonic tone and time. The results revealed that high positive mood and a pleasant task tone were related to higher creative performance. Moreover, a pleasant task tone had a stronger effect on creativity at the beginning period of the task than it did at the later periods. However, positive affectivity and the interactions of positive mood and positive affectivity with task hedonic tone showed insignificant effects on creativity over task periods. Theoretical and practical implications of the results are discussed.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Human Resources and Industrial Relations

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Zhang, Wei

Contributors dc:contributor

• Martocchio, Joseph J.

• Psychology, Personality

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3337988

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/87481