Response: Ideas are ten a penny - It's team implementation not idea generation that counts

Applied Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 411-424

  West, Michael A ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036661438     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1464-0597.01006     Document Type: Note

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