The Effect of Regulatory Focus on Idea Generation and Idea Evaluation

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-20

  Herman, Anne ^a   Reiter Palmon, Roni ^b  

^a Kenexa Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Idea evaluation; Idea generation; Regulatory focus

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952996250     PISSN: 19313896     EISSN: 1931390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018587     Document Type: Article

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