Revisiting the Multicultural Experience-Creativity Link: The Effects of Perceived Cultural Distance and Comparison Mind-Set

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 475-482

  Cheng, Chi Ying ^a   Leung, Angela K Y ^a  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

comparison mind sets; creativity; multicultural experience; perceived cultural distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878496015     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550612462413     Document Type: Article

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