Creativity and innovation in any organization are vital to its successful performance. The
authors review the rapidly growing body of research in this area with particular attention to …

One of the enduring missions of personality science is to unravel what it takes to become a
fully functioning person. In the present article, the authors address this matter from the …

Selbstmanagement kann ausgesprochen lustvoll sein, wenn es sich konsequent an
persönlichen Ressourcen orientiert. Das Zürcher Ressourcen Modell (ZRM®) ist eine …

Kritische Lebensereignisse gehören zum Erfahrungshorizont fast aller Menschen. Es gilt zu
präzisieren, was Ereignisse als kritisch ausweist und welchen Platz sie jeweils im Leben …

This book provides an introduction to motivational research on the basis of everyday
phenomena and self-awareness. The discussion leads from explanations based on instinct …

Health‐compromising behaviors such as physical inactivity and poor dietary habits are
difficult to change. Most social‐cognitive theories assume that an individual's intention to …

Of the many conceptual distinctions present in psychology today, the approach-avoidance
distinction stands out as one of, if not the, most fundamental and basic. The distinction …

We argue that creativity is influenced by the dynamic interplay of positive and negative
affect: High creativity results if a person experiences an episode of negative affect that is …

On the basis of self-regulation theories, the authors develop an affective shift model of work
engagement according to which work engagement emerges from the dynamic interplay of …

The Classic Edition of Heidi Keller's Cultures of Infancy, first published in 2007, includes a
new introduction by the author, which describes for readers the original context of her work …