Effects of explicit instruction to "be creative" across domains and cultures

Journal of Creative Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 89-110

  Chen, Chuansheng ^a   Kasof, Joseph ^b   Himsel, Amy ^b   Dmitrieva, Julia ^b   Dong, Qi ^b   Xue, Gui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 23844554131     PISSN: 00220175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2162-6057.2005.tb01252.x     Document Type: Article

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