Creativity of Chinese and American cultures: A synthetic analysis

Journal of Creative Behavior

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-87

  Niu, Weihua ^a   Kaufman, James C ^b  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American; Chinese; Creative education; Creativity; Cross cultural differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880249783     PISSN: 00220175     EISSN: 21626057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jocb.25     Document Type: Article

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