Employee creativity: Personal and contextual factors at work

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 607-634

  Oldham, Greg R ^a   Cummings, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0030305327     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/256657     Document Type: Article

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