Time and timelessness: Creativity in (and out of) the temporal dimension

Creativity Research Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 227-238

  Mainemelis, Charalampos ^a  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0141995376     PISSN: 10400419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15326934CRJ1402_9     Document Type: Article

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