Philosophical ties that bind practice: The case of creativity

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-38

  Bailey, James R ^a   Ford, Cameron M ^b   Raelin, Jonathan D ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Change; Creativity; Innovation; Practice; Scholarship

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849103376     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: 15526542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492608318151     Document Type: Article

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