The concept of creativity in the information systems discipline: Past, present, and prospects

Communications of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 217-242

  Seidel, Stefan ^a   Müller Wienbergen, Felix ^b   Becker, Jörg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN   (Liechtenstein)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Creativity; IS research; Literature analysis

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION USE;

CREATIVITY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS DISCIPLINES; IS DISCIPLINES; IS RESEARCHES; LITERATURE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH AGENDA; RESEARCH DESIGNS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 77958084375     PISSN: 15293181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1cais.02714     Document Type: Article

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