Is task autonomy beneficial for creativity? prior task experience and self-control as boundary conditions

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 705-724

  Chang, Jin Wook ^a   Huang, Devin Wende ^b   Choi, Jin Nam ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ACCENTURE   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Creativity; Self control; Task autonomy; Task experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863912645     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2012.40.5.705     Document Type: Article

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