Why do employees undertake creative action?

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-99

  Unsworth, Kerrie L ^a   Clegg, Chris W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77954295377     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/096317908X398377     Document Type: Article

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