The act of collaborative creation and the art of integrative creativity: Originality, disciplinarity and interdisciplinarity

Thesis Eleven

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-108

  Rhoten, Diana ^a   O'connor, Erin ^a   Hackett, Edward J ^b  

^a SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

collaboration; complexity; creativity; interdisciplinarity; sociology of science

Indexed keywords

EID: 61249299845     PISSN: 07255136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0725513608099121     Document Type: Article

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