Boosting creativity with transformational leadership in fuzzy front-end innovation processes

Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages 21-41

  Hyypiä, Mirva ^a   Parjanen, Satu ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Creativity; Innovation Process; Knowledge sharing; Transformational Leadership

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

CREATIVITY; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; INNOVATION POTENTIAL; INNOVATION PROCESS; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP;

PERSONNEL;

EID: 84876899774     PISSN: 15551229     EISSN: 15551237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.28945/1786     Document Type: Article

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