Individualism-collectivism and group creativity

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 96-109

  Goncalo, Jack A ^a   Staw, Barry M ^b  

^a and History   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstorming; Collectivism; Divergent thinking; Group creativity; Individualism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645927312     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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