Individuals in mind, mates by heart: Individualistic self-construal and collective value orientation as predictors of group creativity

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 838-844

  Bechtoldt, Myriam N ^a   Choi, Hoon Seok ^b   Nijstad, Bernard A ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collectivism; Creativity; Group; Individualism; Self construal; Value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862170812     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.02.014     Document Type: Article

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