Win or lose the battle for creativity: The power and perils of intergroup competition

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 827-845

  Baer, Markus ^a   Leenders, Roger ^b   Oldham, Greg ^c   Vadera, Abhijeet ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (India)

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EID: 77955699578     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2010.52814611     Document Type: Article

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