González-Gómez, Helena V.; Richter, Andreas W. - In: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 126 (2015) C, pp. 142-161
We draw on the functionalist perspective of emotions (Keltner & Gross, 1999) in order to propose that ashamed employees engage in creative activity as a way to restore their positive self-image. We also propose that the shame–creativity relation is strongest if employees expose themselves via...
