Facilitating employee creativity in the library environment: An important managerial concern for library administrators

Library Management

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 159-172

  Castiglione, James ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Creative thinking; Employees; Leadership; Motivation (psychology)

Indexed keywords

EID: 40349098636     PISSN: 01435124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01435120810855296     Document Type: Review

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