A lighthouse in the desert? Evaluating the effects of creativity training on employee innovation

Journal of Creative Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 249-270

  Birdi, Kamal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creativity; Evaluation; Innovation; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 40449117382     PISSN: 00220175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2162-6057.2007.tb01073.x     Document Type: Article

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