Creativity and firm-level performance: The mediating effects of action orientation

Journal of Managerial Issues

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-82

  Weinzimmer, Laurence G ^a   Michel, Eric J ^a   Franczak, Jennifer L ^b  

^a BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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