Workplace duties or opportunities? Challenge stressors, regulatory focus, and creativity

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 141-157

  Sacramento, Claudia A ^a   Fay, Doris ^b   West, Michael A ^c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Challenge stressors; Creativity; Regulatory focus; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874809194     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2013.01.008     Document Type: Article

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