Person-task fit: Emotional consequences of performing divergent versus convergent thinking tasks depend on need for cognitive closure

We investigated how people high (vs. low) in the Need for Cognitive Closure (NFC) experience working on divergent and convergent thinking tasks. Based on the notion of person-task fit, we hypothesized that individuals high in NFC (but not those low in NFC) would feel less competent when solving dive...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Personality and individual differences 2019-05, Vol.142, p.172-178
Hauptverfasser:	Wronska, Marta K., Bujacz, Aleksandra, Gocłowska, Małgorzata A., Rietzschel, Eric F., Nijstad, Bernard A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cognitive closure Competence Convergent thinking Creativity Divergent thinking Emotions Need for closure Negative emotions Person-environment fit Person-task fit Positive emotions
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