Brainstorm ing, brainstorm ing rules and decision making

Journal of Creative Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-40

  Putman, Vicky L ^a   Paulus, Paulus B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstorming; Decision making; Facilitators; Group creativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 66349089833     PISSN: 00220175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2162-6057.2009.tb01304.x     Document Type: Article

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