Members' openness to experience and teams' creative performance

Small Group Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-76

  Schilpzand, Marieke C ^a   Herold, David M ^a   Shalley, Christina E ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

creativity; personality; team composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650781710     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: 15528278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496410377509     Document Type: Article

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