Does structuring of human resource management processes enhance employee creativity? The mediating role of psychological availability

Human Resource Management

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 999-1024

  Binyamin, Galy ^a   Carmeli, Abraham ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Creativity; Human resource management processes; Perceived uncertainty; Psychological availability; Stress; Structuring

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649586746     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20397     Document Type: Article

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