Creativity East and West: Perspectives and parallels

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 313-327

  Morris, Michael W ^a   Leung, Kwok ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Creativity; Cultural differences; East Asia; Innovation; Social norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049398115     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2010.00193.x     Document Type: Editorial

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