Age and creativity at work: The interplay between job resources, age and idea creativity

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 438-457

  Binnewies, Carmen ^a   Ohly, Sandra ^b   Niessen, Cornelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Creative thinking; Nurses; Older workers; Resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649091514     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940810869042     Document Type: Article

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