In the world or in the head: External and internal implicit theories of creativity

Creativity Research Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 83-98

  Paletz, Susannah B F ^a   Peng, Kaiping ^b   Li, Siyu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 79956260823     PISSN: 10400419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10400419.2011.571181     Document Type: Article

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