Paradoxes of Leading Innovative Endeavors: Summary, Solutions, and Future Directions

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-66

  Hunter, Samuel T ^a   Thoroughgood, Christian N ^a   Myer, Adam T ^a   Ligon, Gina Scott ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovation; Leadership; Paradox; Tension

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952997809     PISSN: 19313896     EISSN: 1931390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017776     Document Type: Article

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