{
  "title": "Creativity at work: should managers always encourage a good mood?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/creativite-faut-il-toujours-encourager-la-bonne-humeur-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-01-14",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "A team in a good mood does not necessarily produce better ideas. Research calls for a distinction between how pleasant an affective state is, its level of activation and the conditions in which people work.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Emotional Intelligence",
  "place": {
    "name": "Bern",
    "region": "Berne",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Matthijs Baas, Carsten K."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Context changes the implications of mood",
      "point": "Jennifer M."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "It would be unjustified to conclude that managers should sustain dissatisfaction to stimulate invention."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What the evidence cannot promise",
      "point": "The field study alone cannot establish a causal effect of mood, while the meta-analysis brings together different tasks and contexts."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Berne",
      "point": "In a Berne-based team working in federal administration, public health, telecommunications or precision manufacturing, a programme exercise could involve opening an improvement workshop without instructing participants to be positive."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Nijstad",
      "year": "2008",
      "source": "Psychological Bulletin"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Zhou",
      "year": "2002",
      "source": "Journal of Applied Psychology"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 421,
  "image": "https://www.shr.swiss/img/blog-editorial-2026-01-14-en.jpg?v=4",
  "translations": {
    "fr": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/creativite-faut-il-toujours-encourager-la-bonne-humeur",
    "en": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/creativite-faut-il-toujours-encourager-la-bonne-humeur-en",
    "de": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/creativite-faut-il-toujours-encourager-la-bonne-humeur-de",
    "it": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/creativite-faut-il-toujours-encourager-la-bonne-humeur-it"
  },
  "relatedPages": {
    "programme": "https://www.shr.swiss/formation/intelligence-emotionnelle/berne",
    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/berne",
    "blog": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog"
  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}