Teresa Amabile è una Baker Foundation Professor e Direttrice della Ricerca presso la Harvard Business School, specializzata in comportamento organizzativo e dinamiche lavorative. La sua ricerca si concentra sulla creatività, la produttività e la vita lavorativa interiore - l'interazione tra emozioni, percezioni e motivazione in contesti professionali. È nota soprattutto per il suo libro "The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work", scritto in collaborazione con Steven Kramer, che analizza quasi 12.000 annotazioni di diari quotidiani per dimostrare come piccole vittorie sul lavoro alimentino l'impegno dei dipendenti. Tra le sue altre opere significative figurano "Creativity in Context", "Growing Up Creative" e strumenti accademici come "The Work Preference Inventory" e "KEYS to Creativity and Innovation".
Formatasi inizialmente come chimica, Amabile ha conseguito il dottorato in psicologia alla Stanford University prima di passare alla ricerca organizzativa. Il suo lavoro collega il mondo accademico e quello pratico, con intuizioni applicate da aziende come Procter & Gamble, Novartis e IDEO. Ha pubblicato oltre 100 articoli su importanti riviste di psicologia e management, tra cui il "Journal of Personality and Social Psychology" e "Administrative Science Quarterly". Ricercata come relatrice, ha presentato i suoi studi in forum prestigiosi come il World Economic Forum a Davos e TEDxAtlanta.
Come docente, Amabile ha insegnato corsi su creatività, leadership ed etica alla Harvard Business School e alla Brandeis University, dove in precedenza ha ricoperto incarichi accademici. Ha anche condotto la serie PBS "Against All Odds: Inside Statistics", dimostrando la sua capacità di tradurre concetti complessi per un pubblico più ampio. La sua carriera riflette un impegno nel promuovere il successo organizzativo favorendo al contempo la realizzazione individuale e l'impatto sociale.
Libri di non-fiction
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Growing Up Creative
1992
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Harvard Business Review on Breakthrough Thinking (With: Dorothy Leonard-Barton, Jeffrey F. Rayport)
1999
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The Progress Principle
2011
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Creativity In Context
2018
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Retiring (With: Teresa M. Amabile, Lotte Bailyn, Marcy Crary, Douglas T. Hall, Kathy E. Kram)
2024
HBR Emotional Intelligence Books
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Dealing with Difficult People (By: Tony Schwartz, Harvard Business Review, Amy Gallo, Mark Gerzon, Holly Weeks)
2007
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Emotional Intelligence: Mindfulness (By: Daniel Goleman, Ellen J. Langer, Christina Congleton)
2017
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Emotional Intelligence: Empathy (By: Daniel Goleman)
2017
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Emotional Intelligence: Resilience (By: Daniel Goleman, Shawn Achor, Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld)
2017
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Happiness
2017
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Purpose, Meaning, and Passion (By: Harvard Business Review, Morten T. Hansen, Teresa M. Amabile, Scott A. Snook, Nick Craig)
2018
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Leadership Presence (By: Deborah Tannen)
2018
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Focus (By: Daniel Goleman)
2018
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Autoconciencia (By: Daniel Goleman)
2018
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Mindful Listening (By: Jacqueline Carter)
2019
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Confidence (By: Amy Jen Su)
2019
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Power and Impact (By: Harvard Business Review, Dacher Keltner, Dan Cable, Peter Bregman, Harrison Monarth)
2019
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Virtual EI (By: Harvard Business Review, Heidi K. Gardner, Amy C. Edmondson, Mark Mortensen, Amanda Sinclair)
2022
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Energy + Motivation ( By: Harvard Business Review)
2022
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People Skills for a Virtual World Collection (By: Harvard Business Review)
2022
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Being Your Best Collection (By: Harvard Business Review)
2023
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Developing Good Habits (By: Harvard Business Review)
2023
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Inclusion (By: Harvard Business Review)
2023
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Grit (By: Harvard Business Review)
2023
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Managing Your Anxiety (By: Harvard Business Review)
2024
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Curiosity (By: Harvard Business Review)
2024
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Psychological Safety (By: Harvard Business Review)
2024
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Positivity and Growth (By: Harvard Business Review)
2024
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Managing Overthinking (By: Harvard Business Review)
2025
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Having Difficult Conversations (By: Harvard Business Review)
2025
Pergamon General Psychology Books
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Psychological Research in the Classroom
1982
Springer Series in Social Psychology Books
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The Ethics Of Social Research (By: Joan E. Sieber)
1982
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Anger and Aggression (By: James R. Averill)
1982
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Basic Group Processes (By: Paul B. Paulus)
1983
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Attitudinal Judgment (By: J. Richard. Eiser)
1984
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Language and Social Situations (By: Joseph P. Forgas)
1985
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Public Self and Private Self (By: Roy F. Baumeister)
1986
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Directions in Soviet Social Psychology (By: L. H. Strickland, E. Lockwood, N. Thurston)
2011
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Social Psychology of Creativity
2012
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Facet Theory (By: D. Canter)
2012
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Controversial Issues in Social Research Methods (By: Jerald Greenberg, Robert Folger)
2012
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Compatible and Incompatible Relationships (By: William Ickes)
2012
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Entrapment in Escalating Conflicts (By: J. Brockner, J.Z. Rubin)
2012
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The Social Construction of the Person (By: K.J. Gergen, K.E. Davis)
2012
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Action Control (By: Julius Kuhl, Jürgen Beckmann)
2012
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The Psychological Impact of Unemployment (By: Norman T. Feather)
2012
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The Social Psychology of Facial Appearance (By: Ray Bull, Nichola Rumsey)
2012
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The Body and Social Psychology (By: Alan Radley)
2012
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Toward Transformation in Social Knowledge (By: Kenneth J. Gergen)
2012
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Social Psychology and Dysfunctional Behavior (By: Mark R. Leary, Rowland S. Miller)
2012
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The Social Psychology of Intergroup Conflict (By: Wolfgang Stroebe, Miles Hewstone, Daniel Bar-Tal, Arie W. Kruglanski)
2012
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Person Perception and Attribution (By: R. Klein, Hans-Werner Bierhoff)
2012
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Changing Conceptions of Crowd Mind and Behavior (By: C.F. Graumann, S. Moscovici)
2012
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An Attributional Theory of Motivation and Emotion (By: Bernard Weiner)
2012
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Theories of Group Behavior (By: George R. Goethals, Brian Mullen)
2012
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Gender and Nonverbal Behavior (By: Clara Mayo, N. M. Henley)
2012
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Mood (By: William N. Morris)
2012
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Personality, Roles, and Social Behavior (By: William Ickes, Eric S. Knowles)
2012
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Friendship and Social Interaction (By: Valerian J. Derlega, Barbara A. Winstead)
2012
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The Attribution of Blame (By: Kelly G. Shaver)
2012
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Intuitive Judgments of Change (By: Linda Silka)
2012
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Changing Conceptions of Leadership (By: Carl F. Graumann, Serge Moscovici)
2012
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Attention and Self-Regulation (By: C. S. Carver, M. F. Scheier)
2012
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Group Beliefs (By: Daniel Bar-Tal)
2012
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Sports Violence (By: J.H. Goldstein)
2012
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Attitudes and Behavioral Decisions (By: Arnold Upmeyer)
2012
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Power, Dominance, and Nonverbal Behavior (By: Steven L. Ellyson, John F. Dovidio)
2012
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Nonverbal Behavior (By: Miles L. Patterson)
2012
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The Social Psychology of Intergroup and International Conflict Resolution (By: Ronald J. Fisher)
2012
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Social Psychology of Aggression (By: A. Mummendey)
2012
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Sociophysiology (By: William Waid)
2012
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Stereotyping and Prejudice (By: Wolfgang Stroebe, Daniel Bar-Tal, Arie W. Kruglanski, Carl F. Graumann)
2013
Teresa Amabile Anthologies
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The Executive Edge: An Insider's Guide to Outstanding Leadership