Curiosity did not kill the cat: It made it stronger and happy, but only if the cat was not “dark”

Objective: The present research explores the path between work-related curiosity and positive affect. To justify this relationship, we rely on the conservation of resources theory (COR) and include performance as a mediator of the curiosity-positive affect path, such that curiosity was expected to s...

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Main Authors: Ana Junça-Silva, Daniel Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-11-01
Series:Acta Psychologica
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691821001943