Cultural Borders and Mental Barriers: The Relationship Between Living Abroad and Creativity

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1047-1061

  Maddux, William W ^a   Galinsky, Adam D ^b  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognition; creativity; culture; living abroad; negotiations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CREATIVITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIGRATION; PERSONALITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

COGNITION; CREATIVENESS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65649139116     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014861     Document Type: Article

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