Category assignment and relatedness in the group ideation process

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1070-1077

  Baruah, Jonali ^a   Paulus, Paul B ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstorming; Diverse group; Diversity; Group creativity; Idea generation; Interdisciplinary group

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051882347     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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