Creativity and strategic management. Individual and group considerations concerning decision alternatives in the top management teams

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 156-169

  Dewett, Todd ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Creative thinking; Decision making; Managers; Team working

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744482329     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940410526118     Document Type: Article

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