Human creativity: Reflections on the role of culture

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 437-446

  De Dreu, Carsten K W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Creativity; Culture; Dual process model; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049368968     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2010.00195.x     Document Type: Article

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