Unfolding the Proactive Process for Creativity: Integration of the Employee Proactivity, Information Exchange, and Psychological Safety Perspectives

Journal of Management

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1611-1633

  Gong, Yaping ^a   Cheung, Siu Yin ^a   Wang, Mo ^b   Huang, Jia Chi ^c  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

creativity; information exchange; proactive personality; psychological safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650330445     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206310380250     Document Type: Article

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