Effects of quantity and quality instructions on brainstorming

Journal of Creative Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-46

  Paulus, Paul B ^a   Kohn, Nicholas W ^a   Arditti, Lauren E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstorming; Group creativity; Task instructions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858165495     PISSN: 00220175     EISSN: 21626057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2162-6057.2011.tb01083.x     Document Type: Article

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