A big-five personality profile of the adoptor and innovator

Journal of Creative Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 254-268

  Kwang, Ng Aik ^a   Rodrigues, Daphne ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NONE

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EID: 0038667820     PISSN: 00220175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2162-6057.2002.tb01068.x     Document Type: Article

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