Conjuring Creativity: the Impact of Fear

Prior research examines factors influencing creativity generation, but not external factors affecting creativity perception, even though perceptions of creativity frequently drive marketing success. In this research, we show that fear (but not other main negative emotions, happiness, or neutral emotion) positively impacts creativity perceptions (and in turn, attitudes and intentions).



Citation:

Ilgım Dara Benoit and Elizabeth Miller (2018) ,"Conjuring Creativity: the Impact of Fear", in NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 46, eds. Andrew Gershoff, Robert Kozinets, and Tiffany White, Duluth, MN : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 479-480.

Authors

Ilgım Dara Benoit, Appalachian State University
Elizabeth Miller, University of Massachusetts, USA



Volume

NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 46 | 2018



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