Differences in thinking styles of artists and engineers

Career Development Quarterly

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-182

  Gridley, Mark C ^a,b  

^a Heidelberg Collage ^*

^b HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 37649022307     PISSN: 08894019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2007.tb00030.x     Document Type: Article

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