How problems are solved: Reconsidering the phase theorem

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 48-60

  Lipshitz, Raanan ^a   Bar Ilan, Orna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 0029704107     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.1996.0004     Document Type: Article

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