Tradeoffs between ideas and structure: Individual versus group performance in creative problem solving

Journal of Creative Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-23

  Mumford, Michael D ^a   Feldman, Jack M ^b   Hein, Michael B ^c   Nagao, Dennis J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035587471     PISSN: 00220175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2162-6057.2001.tb01218.x     Document Type: Article

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