How leaders impact employee creativity: A study of Indian R&D laboratories

Management Research Review

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-88

  Gupta, Vishal ^a   Singh, Shailendra ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Employee creativity; Employees behaviour; India; Leader behaviors; Leadership; R D management; Research and development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870617066     PISSN: 20408269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409171311284594     Document Type: Review

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