Looking inside the fishbowl of creativity: Verbal and behavioral predictors of creative performance

Creativity Research Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 243-263

  Ruscio, John ^a,b   Whitney, Dean M ^a,b,c   Amabile, Teresa M ^a,b,d  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

^c Fitch Risk Management Inc   (United States)

^d HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 0000958078     PISSN: 10400419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326934crj1103_4     Document Type: Article

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