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Recent research shows it could be the grumpy workers who are actually a company's most creative problem-solvers. It's the happy, cheerful folks who tend to think things are going well and that there are no problems to be solved. They're less likely to be pondering potential pitfalls and often don't see problems until there is a crisis. A mood of contentment doesn't fit with creativity.
It's a departure from the general management philosophy that a positive mood leads to creative problem-solving. The supervisors ranked the creativity of their workers and that ranking was compared to the workers' self-assessment of their moods.
It's a departure from the general management philosophy that a positive mood leads to creative problem-solving. The supervisors ranked the creativity of their workers and that ranking was compared to the workers' self-assessment of their moods.
