Personal need for structure and creative performance: The moderating influence of fear of invalidity

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 855-866

  Rietzschel, Eric F ^a   De Dreu, Carsten K W ^b   Nijstad, Bernard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Creativity; Fear of invalidity; Need for structure; Personality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROL; CREATIVITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEAR; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

CREATIVENESS; CULTURE; FEAR; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; PERSONALITY; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL CONFORMITY;

EID: 34249673983     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167207301017     Document Type: Article

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