Creativity and innovation: The role of team and organizational climate

Handbook of Organizational Creativity

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 359-385

  West, Michael A ^a   Sacramento, Claudia ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate; Creativity; Implementation; Innovation; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878253279     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374714-3.00015-X     Document Type: Chapter

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