Team Polarity and Creative Performance in Innovation Teams

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 96-104

  Kratzer, Jan ^a   Leenders, Roger Th A J ^a   Van Engelen, Jo M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33947411584     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2006.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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