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Elsbach and Hargadon (2006) note that organisations eventually may begin to experience long-term underperformance and lack of creativity and innovation owing to intense workload pressures and stress. Constant speed makes you move forward; however, it may be in the wrong direction (towards failures, or even accidents) or it may be a short ride (stress and burnout). Lebbon and Hurley (2013) reported survey research that found 44 per cent of employees feel unmotivated to work and pointed to the fact that, although US employees work longer hours and take less vacation time than employees working in the European Union, productivity remains at similar levels to those in the European Union.
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Glăveanu, V.P., Tanggaard, L., Wegener, C. (2016). Why Do We Need a New Vocabulary for Creativity?. In: Glăveanu, V.P., Tanggaard, L., Wegener, C. (eds) Creativity — A New Vocabulary. Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137511805_1
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