Context matters: Combined influence of participation and intellectual stimulation on the promotion focus-employee creativity relationship

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 894-909

  Zhou, Qin ^a   Hirst, Giles ^b   Shipton, Helen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creativity; Leadership; Participation; Regulatory focus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866459363     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.779     Document Type: Article

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