Mood, motivational orientation, fit, and creativity: The role of mental activation;Stemming, motivationele oriëntatie, fit en creativiteit: De rol van mentale activering

Gedrag en Organisatie

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-90

  Baas, Matthijs ^a   de Dreu, Carsten K W ^a   Nijstad, Bernard A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activation; Emotions; Fit; Moods; Motivation; Words: creativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052439214     PISSN: 09215077     EISSN: 18757235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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