Correlates of creative behaviour: The role of leadership and personal factors

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-51

  Strickland, Susan ^a   Towler, Annette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charismatic leadership; Creative behaviour; Openness to experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952997471     PISSN: 08250383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjas.157     Document Type: Article

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