Culture and creativity: A process model

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 447-461

  Chiu, Chi Yue ^a   Kwan, Letty Y Y ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Creativity; Culture; Knowledge; Multicultural experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049356512     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2010.00194.x     Document Type: Article

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