Experiencing Creativity in Organisations: A Practice Approach

Long Range Planning

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 420-439

  Nayak, Ajit ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELSEVIER (CO); EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION; INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); ORGANISATIONAL LEVEL;

INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; INNOVATION; MORALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 47649114847     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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