Group brainstorming and teamwork: Some rules for the road to innovation

Creativity and Innovation in Organizational Teams

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 70-86

  Paulus, Paul B ^a   Nakui, Toshihiko ^a   Putman, Vicky L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 36649026076     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410615732     Document Type: Chapter

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