Consequences of Beliefs about the Malleability of Creativity

Creativity Research Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-162

  O'Connor, Alexander J ^a   Nemeth, Charlan J ^a   Akutsu, Satoshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84878023887     PISSN: 10400419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10400419.2013.783739     Document Type: Article

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