Creativity of university students: What is the impact of field and year of study?

Journal of Creative Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-63

  Cheung, Chau Kiu ^a   Rudowicz, Elisabeth ^b   Yue, Xiaodong ^b   Kwan, Anna S F ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

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EID: 0038336157     PISSN: 00220175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2162-6057.2003.tb00825.x     Document Type: Article

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