Why brainstorming in groups impairs creativity: A cognitive theory of productivity losses in brainstorming groups;Warum Brainstorming in Gruppen Kreativität vermindert: Eine Kognitive Theorie der Leistungsverluste beim Brainstorming

Psychologische Rundschau

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 2-10

  Stroebe, Wolfgang ^a   Nijstad, Bernard A ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brainstorming; Creativity; Group processes; Group productivity; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842433594     PISSN: 00333042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026/0033-3042.55.1.2     Document Type: Article

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