Identity affirmation through 'signature style': A study of toy car designers

Human Relations

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1041-1072

  Elsbach, Kimberly D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Design; Identity management; Individual identity; Signature style

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949189554     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726709335538     Document Type: Article

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