A cross-level analysis of organizational creativity climate and perceived innovation: The mediating effect of work motivation

European Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-76

  Lin, Carol Yeh Yun ^a   Liu, Feng Chuan ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Creativity climate; Organizational innovation; Perceived innovation; Work motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862958672     PISSN: 14601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14601061211192834     Document Type: Article

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