Differential effects of expected external evaluation on different parts of the creative idea production process and on final product creativity

Creativity Research Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 391-403

  Yuan, Feirong ^a,c   Zhou, Jing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 55549110392     PISSN: 10400419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10400410802391827     Document Type: Article

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