A Critical Analysis of the Workplace Creativity Criterion Space

Journal of Management

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1362-1386

  Montag, Tamara ^a   Maertz, Carl P ^a   Baer, Markus ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

creativity; criterion; measurement; performance; workplace creativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861691823     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206312441835     Document Type: Article

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