Effects of task instructions and brief breaks on brainstorming

Group Dynamics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 206-219

  Paulus, Paul B ^a   Nakui, Toshihiko ^a   Putman, Vicky L ^a   Brown, Vincent R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstorming rules; Brief breaks; Group brainstorming; Group facilitator; Task instructions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BRAINSTORMING; ELECTRONICS; GROUP DYNAMICS; GROUP PROCESS; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; POLICY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK CAPACITY; WRITING;

EID: 33749630062     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2699.10.3.206     Document Type: Article

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