The Flexible Impact of Shared Affect on Creativity in Idea-Generation Groups
Published online on June 27, 2026
Abstract
Small Group Research, Ahead of Print.
We conducted two experiments (166 triads) to examine when positive and negative moods shared among members help or hinder group creativity. We show that the effects of shared affect depend on whether groups adopt a global or local attentional focus ...
We conducted two experiments (166 triads) to examine when positive and negative moods shared among members help or hinder group creativity. We show that the effects of shared affect depend on whether groups adopt a global or local attentional focus ...