Individual creativity in teams: The importance of communication media mix

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 290-300

  Thatcher, Sherry M B ^a   Brown, Susan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication media; Creativity; Demographic differences

Indexed keywords

CODING THEORY; COMMUNICATION MEDIA; COMPENSATORY ADAPTATION; CREATIVITY; DEMOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES; FIELD STUDIES; INDIVIDUAL CREATIVITY; MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL CATEGORIES;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; INFORMATION THEORY; POPULATION STATISTICS;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 77955709709     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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