Solving the Boredom Puzzle
Exploring Creativity With Self-Distancing in a Moderated Mediation Model
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16913595 |
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| Authors | Miaomiao Li (0000-0001-5619-3364, Shanghai University of Political Science and Law), Peihao Wang (0009-0009-6010-4833, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2025-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | SAGE Open (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/21582440251334220 |
| OpenAlex | W4411680915 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 80 |
While boredom proneness has been widely studied, debate continues about whether it enhances or impedes creativity. This study examined the mediating role of self-distancing and the moderating effect of workplace anxiety on the relationship between boredom proneness and creativity. Drawing on self-distancing theory, this study applied a moderated mediation model to explore the relationship between boredom proneness and creativity. The analysis of data from 283 employees revealed a significant positive relationship between boredom proneness and creativity, as well as a notable positive association between self-distancing and creativity. These findings suggested that self-distancing mediates the relationship between boredom proneness and creativity. Furthermore, workplace anxiety intensified the indirect effect of boredom proneness on creativity through self-distancing. This study deepens the understanding of boredom proneness and creativity offering valuable theoretical and practical insights within the self-distancing framework
Boredom · Creativity · Distancing · Mediation · Moderated mediation · Sociology · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience · Mind wandering and attention · Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
Working in a pandemic
New perspectives in attentional control theory
Boring thoughts and bored minds
Are anxious workers less productive workers? It depends on the quality of social exchange.
Understanding the dark and bright sides of anxiety
Self-Regulation of Creativity at Work
Creativity and Innovation Under Constraints
On boredom
The mind, the heart, and the leader in times of crisis
When Job Dissatisfaction Leads to Creativity
Anxious, threatened, and also unethical
Leadership, creativity and innovation
Integrating Models of Self-Regulation
Creativity
Four Research Designs and a Comprehensive Analysis Strategy for Investigating Common Method Variance with Self-Report Measures Using Latent Variables
When and How Artificial Intelligence Augments Employee Creativity
Perceived Organizational Support
The dynamic componential model of creativity and innovation in organizations
Snowball Sampling
A Short Boredom Proneness Scale
Methods for integrating moderation and mediation
Common methods variance detection in business research
Emotion Regulation
Why and When can CSR toward Employees Lead to Cyberloafing? The Role of Workplace Boredom and Moral Disengagement
The Boredom Prone Personality
Self‐distancing promotes positive emotional change after adversity
What is boredom proneness? A comparison of three characterizations
Focusing on the future from afar
A meta-analytic review of hospitality and tourism employees’ creativity and innovative behavior
From Good Citizens to Bad Apples? The Effect of Boredom Proneness
How Covid‐19 can promote workplace cheating behavior via employee anxiety and self‐interest – And how prosocial messages may overcome this effect
Multilevel outcomes of creativity in organizations
Self‐Distancing Regulates the Effect of Incidental Anger (vs. Fear) on Affective Decision‐Making Under Uncertainty
From a distance
Dimensionalizing Cultures
Dealing with feeling
Back-Translation for Cross-Cultural Research
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