Desirability of personal characteristics associated with creativity: Through the eyes of Polish and Chinese university students

Thinking Skills and Creativity

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 104-115

  Rudowicz, Elzbieta ^a   Tokarz, Aleksandra ^b   Beauvale, Andrzej ^b  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chinese students; Creativity; National stereotypes; Polish

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349131628     PISSN: 18711871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsc.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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