Creative Collaboration and the Self-Concept: A Study of Toy Designers

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 515-544

  Elsbach, Kimberly D ^a   Flynn, Francis J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Creativity; Designers; Identity; Self concept

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878140432     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joms.12024     Document Type: Article

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