Thinking outside the clocks: The effect of layered-task time on the creative climate of meetings

Journal of Creative Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 77-98

  Agypt, Brett ^a   Rubin, Beth A ^a   Spivack, April J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Creative climate; Layered task time; Meetings; Temporality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866122644     PISSN: 00220175     EISSN: 21626057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jocb.7     Document Type: Article

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